To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.

A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.

There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being.

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.

The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast.

Every battalion has its marching songs.

Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.

What needs to be done must be done. With grace, it will be done.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.

A bad salesman will automatically drop his price. Bad salesmen make me sick.

People with felony convictions - pending felony convictions should not be able to buy gun, but they should be able to stay in sanctuary cities, if they're illegal, if they cross the border.

In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.

Being a philanthropist doesn't mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions.

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.