"Through most of its wars, the United States successfully used the attrition approach. It is easier to be proficient at this type of warfare. You need to master only the simplest military skills and possess enormous quantities of arms and munitions."

“All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.”

Source : "The do Ron Ron" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2001.

“I want to get an abortion. But my boyfriend and I are having trouble conceiving.”

“There are five main purposes of central bank cooperation"..."the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign exchange) in circumstances where this might be thought useful.”

“One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.”

“I'd like to go to the Moon.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“What am I writing for anyway? Is it like dreaming? Is it a benevolent process? Something that moves the past forward? And what about those people who say all you get from looking at the past is a stiff neck?”

“I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.”

“I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.”