This Medal of Honor does not belong to me. This medal belongs to every man and woman who has ever served their country. We were doing what we were trained to do. We were doing our job.

When you wake up and everybody says, "How do you feel, Mike?" I say, "I'm alive." As long as I'm alive I can deal with anything that's out there.

War stinks! There's nothing good about it. But you know the whole thing, it's you or them.

One by one, the electric lights ringing the lawn were ignited. Each one, as it burst into brilliance, erased a constellation from the evening sky.

this one-way rocket to Death in Adulthood" "Normal Time" in New California Writing

Write for a cause, NOT APPLAUSEWrite to express, NOT TO IMPRESS.Writing isn’t just about being noticed…IT'S BEING REMEMBERED

To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?

Reason gains all people by compelling none.

Whatever it took to get elected president of the United States, I don't think being a complete and utter moron is one of those predicates.

Common-sense is part of the home-made ideology of those who have been deprived of fundamental learning, of those who have been kept ignorant.

A natural adversary is a customer service representative.

It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.

Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated , and defended privately by each person.