In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.

Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.