War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

She started naming the fish. 'Loppy, Troppy, Hoppy, Soppy, Boppy, Floppy, Moppy and Roppy.

The reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't go out and do all sorts of bad things.

I will show you the path to the spirit world.

Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it could work.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport.

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.

Great design should tell a story.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.