A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

You do your worst, and we'll do our best.

A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.