Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.

And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.

That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.