Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.
Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?
In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.
One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.
Manstein is a man of illusions. ... He believes Hitler will listen to facts.
Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.