I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.

Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century