Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington

“Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.”

“Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second.”

“Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum.”

“Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.”

“You can be a little bit of a sinner and still be a good guy.”

“They call it 'combat fatigue.' I call it being scared to death.”

“I was a round peg in a square hole.”

“If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.”