Every day FM radio ran out of hours, not music.
Education is learning more than it is being taught. It’s the chemistry of curiosity exposed to information. In that sense all of life is potentially school. And even I can pass that.
The Navy-Marine Corps team is unique in history because its mobility and versatility permit it to make a contribution in virtually every medium of warfare: land, sea and air.
The Marines don’t have any race problems. They treat everybody like they’re black.
The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.
Nobody dislikes war more than warriors.
In the last analysis, what the Marine Corps becomes is what we make of it during our respective watches. And that watch of each Marine is not confined to the time he spends on active duty. It last as long as he is “proud to bear the title of United States Marine.”
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
The first thing you’ll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
If there is any way for that man to do the job wrong, he’ll do it that way.
If there are two or more ways to do something and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
If anything can go wrong it will.
Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.
A mountain has no need for people, but people do need mountains. We go to them for their beauty, for the exhilaration of standing closer to mysterious skies, for the feeling of triumph that comes from having labored to reach a summit.
A man, well, he’ll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the devil can’t fool a dog.
If you are a good writer – and I think I am – you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.
Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell.
After years of living with the coldest realities I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow kindness is the best of all investments.
Any horse can win on any given day.
The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are my speech.