You know, never say never.

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

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

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.

Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends.

... only love begets love.

I think we have the worst name in rock, I really do. It's the worst name in the world

Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me.

Erik ! Erik! I saved your life! Remember!You were sentenced to death! But for me, you would be dead now!

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.

Polls? Nah... they're for strippers and cross country skiers.

A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.