Battle is a frightening thing, a terrible thing, but once you develop a taste for it…nothing else comes close.
Man had to hang on to his pride.
No one in their right mind would attempt to salvage it, but there were plenty of people not in their right mind. The world was full of them, more produced every minute.
I've seen what rational thought leads to. Dumbest people I ever met were intellectuals.
A weak man's always in a hurry to punish somebody, so he can show how tough he is.
You're praying, they're praying, and God, oddly enough, will come down on the side of the one with the most guns and most willing to use them. God always does.
We fool ourselves. The best of us… the best and the brightest, we're easiest to fool.
To fool somebody else, you have to fool yourself first.
The man who shouts wins battles; the quiet man wins the war.
The devil has a thousand names, said Crews, voice rising, but the name he takes the most pride in is Prince of Lies, because he is such a convincing fraud. Even God himself was fooled by Satan once, s...
Religion was all about getting dumbasses to line up and sign up, making people pay today for heaven tomorrow.
One thing I've learned in a very long life, Mr. Crews, is that there's never enough.
You rely on your speed too much. A young man's vanity. An old man learns to absorb pain and wait for an opportunity.
Pray for victory, plan for disaster.
Maintenance and resupply are the backbone of any military.
A strong man tied to a weak man… When there is trouble, the strong man's strength counts for nothing.
You make mistakes, people die. You move forward. Perfect people accomplish nothing.
Well-liked… a dangerous quality in a leader.
The hardest bit of information to extract is the first piece.
People want to believe.