Quotes about "War & Peace"

As a son of an airman who was stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, it is my honor to nominate young people to our military academies. ”

Having grown up in a military family, I know that politics should have no role in determining who is best qualified to lead our armed forces. ”

There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not. ”

I was 20 years old when, despite mass protests against military action, Iraq was invaded in 2003 - it didn't make for motivated political participation, I can tell you. ”

New Year's resolutions have always been something to beat myself up with by the second week of January. It seems perverse to set yourself up for failure right at the start of the year. ”

I just write what I think is funny, or interesting, and hopefully everything else will take care of itself. There's no strategy to anything. ”

To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction. ”

I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes. ”

You can gain a lot of time from an aggressive strategy, but you can lose a lot of time from an aggressive strategy. ”

We want to make sure the military gets it right and understands that if they're going to have less money, they're going to have to spend it a lot more smartly. ”