“Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!”

“Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon as the first shot is fired. Protect and serve. Never off duty.”

“There are a lot of them, all around the wsorld, all built a lifetime ago, during the long and spectacular blaze of American military power and self-confidence, when there was nothing we couldn't or wouldn't do. I was a product of that era, but not a part of it. I was nostalgic for something I had never experienced.”

“Don't be sad that roses have thorns.Be glad that thorns have Roses.Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.”

“He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.”

“An unprovoked head butt is like bringing a sawed-off shotgun to a knife fight.”

“They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was way too soon. They weren't ready. The attempt was a failure. It could have been a disaster, but it was actually a miracle. Because nobody noticed.”