The professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; no man of
high intellectual quality would willingly imprison his gifts in such a calling.

Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power

The oft-repeated quip, “I’m sorry to write you a long letter, as I did not have time to write a short one,” could be applied to meetings: “I’m sorry to imprison you in this long meeting, as I did not have time to prepare a short one.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.