The army don’t teach enlisted men how to fly, ” I said, trying to hold onto my dignity. “We gotta do that for ourselves.

...every vertebrae on his back was a prayer bead under my hands.

One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.

However, what he wanted was impossible: the serenity of the Gods cannot be achieved by the sword.

You need to say and do the right things and good things happen to good people.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art.

In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the enemy about.

The future is about emotion: reactions to events are usually far more important than the events themselves.

Eating three times a day even if you're not hungry.

I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.

The look of love alarms Because 'tis filled with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover's hire.