Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

In the beginning of a movie, they don't tell you what's going to happen. You just have to wait and go on the adventure with them

In normal life, "simplicity" is synonymous with "easy to do, " but when a chef uses the word, it means "takes a lifetime to learn.

There is nothing better - nothing - than knowing that the risen Christ lives right now in heaven, singing over his people - singing over me - with love.

In a time when society is drowning in tsunamis of misinformation, it is possible to change the world for the better if we repeat the truth often and loud enough.

Because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remain asleep.

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

To have slaved so many years for nothing!

Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.

The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.

I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.