Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.
Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
Thank God I have done my duty.
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
It was the kind of town that made you feel like Humphrey Bogart: you came in on a bumpy little plane, and, for some mysterious reason, got a private room with balcony overlooking the town and the harbor; then you sat there and drank until something happened.
Lies kill love, it's been said. Well, what about frankness, then.
You don't push the button that says "Now I will write something that resonates in time. " You don't know. It's what happens after a play is finished.
There is no problem that is not actually a gift.