“The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.”

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset – its flexibility.

On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history; and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

True leaders are the first to admit that they don’t know everything and that they need help.

I guess experience is just learning at first hand the things you knew all along anyway.

Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.

The first show I ever worked on was The Killing, which was a whodunit crime show.

First deal with your own tears; tomorrow do something about acid rain.

Sometimes kissing is better than sex. Especially kissing someone for the first time

Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.

I’m very into the first production of the show.