You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is very sobering for everybody. I don't take this lightly at all not at all.

Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just have to do the work.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

The story of getting there is greater than the story of being there. Wherever your there might be.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.

The Islamic State fighters in Mosul are dead men walking and I think they increasingly know it.

So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we've checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

You've got nothing to worry about. The righteous do not always right, but their souls remain pure. -Lassiter the Angel

One man in the right will finally get to be a majority.

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.

Our hospital was famous and housed many great poets and singers. Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness?