My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I'm a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

“If a person doesn’t have a goal, there cannot be failure. I believe that is why so many people don’t set goals—they don’t want to set themselves up for any failure in life.” 

“The purpose of Mission Design is to help you understand what your goals are in all areas of your life and help you determine whether or not your target idea supports them.” 

You’re smarter than you look. Did you ever have anti-terrorist training?” “Sort of. I was married.

Credo quia impossibile.’ I believe it because it is impossible.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

She asked me, “Was your divorce nasty?” “Not at all. The marriage was nasty.

Never have sex with a woman who has more problems than you do.

Confrontational is when I pull my gun. Argumentative is when I pull the trigger.

Amicitia sine fraude—to friendship without deceit.

You don’t bother to hate what you think is contemptible.

And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Do you know why Italians don’t like Jehovah’s Witnesses?” “No… why?” “Italians don’t like any witnesses.

Anyway, I’m getting really intolerant of liars, fools, blowhards, and power freaks.

There is no harder worker than a former government employee who has discovered the word incentive.

Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy—only free.

Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. And if your shooting stance is good, you’re probably not moving fast enough.

Indeed we all try to raise our children as if our past experiences are important for their future, but they rarely are.

But that's all hindsight. That evening, my mind was cloudy, and my good judgment was influenced by my need to prove something. It goes to show you, you shouldn't stay out too late during the week.

The air was so thick with testosterone that the wallpaper was getting soggy.

But if I could choose how and when I wanted to die, I would want to be an eighty-year-old man shot by a jealous young husband who had caught me in bed with his teenage wife.

Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy, until you can find a rock.

An Englishman once said that he found it easier to be a member of a club than of the human race because the bylaws were shorter, and he knew all the members personally. That sounds about right.

Detective Ramos confided in me, 'If something happens to you on my watch my ass is O-U-T.' 'How do you think I’d feel? D-E-A-D.