We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I always love to come to Austin.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

What is your major malfunction?

There are two kinds of science: The black science and the white science. The science of weapon production is the black one. Working in this category of science is a great betrayal to humanity!

God hasn't called you to walk in someone else's shoes (purpose). He wants you to walk in the shoes that fit you, for which He made you. You aren't going to succeed walking in another woman's shoes.

Get out of my brain!

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

Learned researches lead to headaches, constipation, and befuddled quarreling.

There's always been anger in the making of music or literature or dance.

I miss the comraderie of live television - the fact that you were on the set, you worked closely with the director and the cast, that I miss. But, no, I'm happy, I'm happy doing film.

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.