When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.
I felt that justice had been served and that the world was, in some way, a better place for all of us.
Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.
Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.
If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders.
I have not been able to get any grain yet. It is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working.
I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range.
The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.
After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.
I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.
While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it.
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.
