Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on suing me and I lost everything. So I had to go out on tour to make sure the electricity stayed on.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

One of the key challenges the military has faced - and the Army, in particular - is defining our requirements and keeping them stable.