A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

You will never be who you want to be, until you are happy with who you are.

Death is a dark flower, its perfume heady and dangerous as it pulls you into its bosom.

I miss you so much. I miss us. There’s not a day goes by that I don’t regret walking away from you.

Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you're interested without making a fool out of yourself.

I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger... secretly, in my room.

2 Jewish women in New York. One says, "Do you see what's going on in Poland?" The other says, "I live in the back, I don't see anything."

The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.

There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?