What surfaced was the surprising power of our cultural heritage.

Good general differ from bad generals only in the degree to which they resist the psychopathology of the very organization they serve. Norman Dixon

The British Army has a fine tradition of being so distracted by what it is currently up to it stubbornly refuses to look round the corner, let alone into the future.

Violence is temporary, but learning is permanent.

Perhaps wherever you go first is what you judge everything else by.

I couldn't have done 16 months of deployment without a sense of irony. N

we sulked and, in the finest tradition of bored soldiers, sat around throwing stones at each other.

The hardest thing about getting what you want is knowing what to do with it.

I had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

Tommy Chong connects to the pipe a lot.

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers.

Great is the rose That challenges the crypt, And quotes milleniums Against the grave.

Now that rates are moving up, we're seeing more aggressive offerings from banks.