Ask the American public if they want an FBI wiretap and they'll say, "no." If you ask them do they want a feature on their phone that helps the FBI find their missing child they'll say, "Yes."

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

The State Department said the countries that are most stealing our best ideas also are our best allies.

I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.

I doubt that Congress would pass on the opportunity to make sure that our children were safe from terrorists.

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

The only way the greatness within you can be awakened is by allowing yourself to dream.

Truth is a matter of PerspectiveThere will be my truth and your truth and as Universal truth doesn't exist.

Good Lord didn't mean for us to hate ourself. He made us to love ourself like He do, with wide open arms.

Memories come back, pressing in on you, like ghost faces in the darkness pushing up the glass, trying to get into the lit room.

Friendship is as great as a True FriendAnd A True Friend is as great as True Friendship. Quote by Sharvani Akula

Mine is studying script and being very academic and trying to be important.

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

Your marriage goes to a whole new level. You not only fall in love with your wife in a new way, but you're forced to pull together. You have to become a united front.

Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration.

Surround yourself with people who are really good and really passionate about what they do regardless of what it is...positivity and passion make a powerful combination.