Quotes from authors that died on Dec 21st
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George S. Patton
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
George S. Patton
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Bruce Hornsby 
Jennifer Love Hewitt 
Neil Diamond 
Bob Keeshan 
Joichi Ito 
Janos Bolyai 
Henry Cabot Lodge 
Hal Holbrook