Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.

We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation.