"After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done."

"Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time."

"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

"Courage in danger is half the battle."

"A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit."

"The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythicals beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out."

"I know of no way to judge the future but by the past."

"A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity."

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."

"The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment."

"I have found you an argument: but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."

"The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech."