Source: A Soldier's Story (1951), p. 488.
“Like Eisenhower, Patton ordinarily messed with a group of inmates from his headquarters. Breakfast was spirited and talkative. Patton picked up the GI holster in which I carried my 30-year-old Colt.45. "Hell, Brad," he said, "what you need is a social gun. You can't carry that cannon with you everywhere you go."”
Source: A Soldier's Story (1951), p. 5-6.
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Source: The Man With the Iron Heart (2008), p. 61-62

On George S. Patton, IV, son of the famous World War II American general. As quoted in The Fighting Pattons (1997) by Brian M. Sobel, p. 129-130
That's not saying that one person having sex is worth the salmon. I'm not saying it's a reason not to act, I'm saying don't be stupid.
Interview with The A Word Magazine, March-April 2005.

Source: Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)