"The Mammoth we attacked was not Rommel's after all. [...] Rommel himself, we'll learn later, was not in that camp and…"

"The greatest commanders never issue orders. Rather, they compel by their own acts and virtue the emulation of those t…"

"One act I will never stand for is leaving our fellows behind. Bugger military protocol, or lofty notions of honour. I…"

"I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and …"

"These are armed enemy, who have hastened to this site with one object only: to take the lives of my comanions and me.…"

"You English are loath to embrace the virtues of the warrior. Such an act embarrasses you. You prefer to see yourselve…"

"The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death."

"Nothing relieves Irish despair. The Irishman's complaint lies not with his circumstance, which might be rendered bril…"

"I could be counted upon to perform the mission they had assigned me, or, if that was unworkable, to improvise and tur…"

"I love a guy who knows how to bitch. Any moron can gripe about chow or rotations, but someone who can get exercised o…"