War is simple, direct, and ruthless.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Fear kills more people than death.

New York is notoriously inhospitable to the past disowning it whenever it can.

If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

There's a sense of knowing when to stop and take a break from things, to step back from the work you're making, and of changing things up to keep them interesting for yourself.

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.

My mother was French Protestant, and my father was Italian Catholic, and their union was an excess of God, guilt and sauce.

When you go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down.

There is no tomorrow. There is only a planet turning on its axis, and a creature given to optimistic fancies.

I know that some believe that voluntary prayer in schools should be restricted to a moment of silence. We already have the right to remain silent - we can take our Fifth Amendment.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

It is often the case with the silent children about us, that they cherish a dream which they dare not talk about.