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“When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.”
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“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”
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“What one can be, one must be!”
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“When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.”
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“In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.”
Source : "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.
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“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
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“If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.”
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“Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.”
Source : "The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers". Book by Julius H. Jacobson (p.341), 2008.
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“I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.”
Source : Bruce Chatwin (2003). “In Patagonia”, p.59, Penguin
