Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

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.

So I did something I've never done, and put your live above my own, because no matter how hard I try to convey it, I'm not heartless. I have a heart and... and it beats for you.

Humankind is the greatest resources. Don’t lose faith in the people.

A man’s most valuable possession is his integrity. Unless he has no integrity. In which case, he may not have much of anything of value.

I'm kissing Alyson Hannigan and I almost stuck my tongue in her mouth because we just got so into it at one point.

We were not born with guilt nor obligation. When you give in to guilt, you endorse it.

In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

We can keep whatever we like about manhood but adjust the parts of the definition that are keeping men back.

University degrees are a bit like adultery: You may not want to get involved with that sort of thing, but you don't want to be thought incapable.

Whatever I think, whatever I try to do, life might just turn around and... and hitch up its pants and throw me a twenty-dollar bill.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.