The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.

If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.

The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.

A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.

Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.

He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.

My mom used to say that’s why we have memory. And the opposite of memory—hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can build off our pasts and make futures.

One little six-year-old took home a note saying he need not come to school since he was "too stupid to learn." That boy was Thomas Edison.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.

I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.

It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful thing creepy.

I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together.

I really like my eyes, nose, and lips. I especially like my nose. I really like my lips too. I think my lips are sexy.