Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

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.

The more you read, the better you are informed.

Have you slept yet?''Sure. I took a power nap on the way over.''Didn't you drive there?''Yeah. Other drviers kept waking me up. Car horns should be illegal.'- Charley & Cookie

Although you may not know where the road will end, you dare travel on it.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

I believe we owe it to each other to tell stories. It's as close to a credo as I have or will, I suspect, ever get.

If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.

For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids.

The fact is that a liberal Democrat doesn't want to talk about ideology because they don't want to explain publicly what they're really doing.

I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Nah, I don't care what I am, I'm free!

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.