"Do you have any regrets?" Of course I do.

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.

I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies.

Lost is a lovely place to find yourself.

If you think killing people is a solution to a problem, I not only disagree with you but also I hate your perspective.

What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we're chatting away, nice to see you.

I can love the whole world except my neighbor.

Heaven help me for the way I am, save me from these evil deeds before I get them done.

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.

I think for me the best thing about being a woman is that I get credit for things I should be doing anyway.

Freud "interpreted" dreams by treating them as intellectual riddles whose details, once processed through free association, exposed hidden wishes.