Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.
It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unpre...
And so, I mean, he declared war right there and then in so many words and Alex says later in the book, nobody in the White House from that point on had any doubt that we were going to bomb the mainland of Asia.
There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and v...
The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were a very bad way to conduct a war, and that indeed, if that was going to be our practice, that we shoul...
There is no unique picture of reality.
I can't live without eyeliner.
The disappointment of losing is huge.
Yes, but everyone is beautiful to someone.
Think pink but don't wear it
I give opinions, not advice.
Mathematics is as old as Man.
Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.
I really believe in the idea of the future.
Without creation, what are we but stalled in life?
I don't know what love means.
Alcoholism is above all a disease of denial.
I always go for simplicity.
I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys.
No one's on at my time but infomercials.
