"The angels stand between us and God, but they are translucent, even transparent, and they beckon us to penetrate their luminosity."

“We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.”

“I do not know anything about luck, apart from that the more I practice, the luckier I get.”

“...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.”

Source : "A failure in generalship". armedforcesjournal.com. May 1, 2007.

“I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time. People will now remember two guys, Hack Wilson and myself, and the season is not over yet.”

“The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body.”

“At a time when the insurgents are saying that time is working against them, my Democratic colleagues are introducing a measure to set a timetable for withdrawal in Iraq that will undercut the momentum that the insurgents themselves say we have built in Iraq.”

“I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.”

“Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from”