Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.
I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century.
A country in which the people are not healthy physically and psychologically, are poorly educated and illiterate, will never rise to the peaks of world civilization.
Of course, it's always bad to lose, of course it's always a hardship when you lose to yesterday's miners or yesterday's tractor drivers. But life is life. It'll surely go on.
I'm convinced that a person in my position must provide a positive example to people.
It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.
It's better not to argue with women.
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
One had rather have no opinion than a false one.
With everybody that I've met, there's always been something I've learned about them that I like.
I'm not even the coolest one of my friends. I'm just the guy who sat down and wrote everything down. Like I know plenty of people who do crazier stuff than I do.