Washington D.C. is about 300 square miles surrounded by realty.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun.

I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which you agree, but with which you disagree. Because every so often somebody you think is wrong will actually turn out to be right.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.