You know Jo, I sometimes think that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

You can't rule the world in hiding. You've got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle.

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

I am, and always will be, the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams.

I tolerate this century but I don't enjoy it.

There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.