People are so different in wartime. No one gets to be ordinary. Not really.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

You couldn’t predict what was going to happen for one simple reason: people.

Most fellas like the races, though, Miss. It’s only human nature

Kindness was too painful. It had been a long time since he had had to endure it.

Sometimes life isn’t what we want, it’s what we get.

Only a man with nothing to hide could make that kind of racket.

He often came back ‘all thinky’ from work.

In wartime, she thought to herself, you don’t call a death murder.

Everyone was important during the war. Everyone. We worked together and we won.

The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish.

It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rulers but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.

I was a physical education major with a child psychology minor at Temple, which means if you ask me a question about a child's behavior, I will advise you to tell the child to take a lap.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.

You traveled the world... Now you must journey inwards... to what you really fear... it's inside you.

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ?

I love doing the action stuff. It's soooo much fun!

It is crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved, otherwise the terrorists will win the battle against American values without firing another shot.

Building a better life for every child is a lot harder than becoming a world champion. Both goals take dedication and commitment.