I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.