They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.

Anyway the war is over so far as they are concerned. But to wait for dysentery is not much of a life either.

The later it gets the more disturbed the city becomes. I go with Albert through the streets. Men are standing in groups at every corner. Rumours are flying. It is said that the military have already fired on a procession of demonstrating workers.

A hospital alone shows what war is.

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.

On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square.

We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here.

You may turn into an archangel a fool or a criminal no one will see it. But when a button is missing everyone sees that.

We developed a firm practical feeling of solidarity which grew on the battlefield into the best thing that the war produced comradeship in arms.

That is the remarkable thing about drinking it brings people together so quickly but between night and morning it sets an interval again of years.

No soldier outlives a thousand chances.

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

There’s just something about a Teddy bear that’s impossible to explain. When you hold one in your arms, you get a feeling of love, comfort and security. It’s almost supernatural.

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

There is no sin but ignorance.

Further more Yemen is leading pioneer in democratic practice, lots of brothers and friends testified on that.

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

Love your country. Your country is the land where your parents sleep, where is spoken that language in which the chosen of your heart, blushing, whispered the first word of love; it is the home that God has given you that by striving to perfect yourselves therein you may prepare to ascend to him.

When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

When you stop resisting your emotions, you will quickly realize that your feelings are your friends. They are your soul's way to communicate with you and are meant to guide and inform you.

I love a really good storyline.

I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.

I've thought about going back to school.

A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance.

The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.

Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more concrete more real than a line a color a surface.

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

In 'Gran Torino,' Eastwood moves towards the climax of the movie not by staging a shoot-out, but by putting his weapons to one side and confronting the bad guys armed only with a cigarette lighter, guessing that as he reaches for it they will think he's drawing a pistol.

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them.