Generals who can write always make me nervous.

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

The first rough draft of history.

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

You never monkey with the truth.

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

Spend the years of learning squanderingCourage for the years of wanderingThrough a world politely turningFrom the loutishness of learning.

If you've never mistyped your password, it isn't complex enough.

There is a push and a pull almost like an isometric stretch. Our literal flexibility and our physical, psychological and spiritual practices are more important now than ever to balance the boat.

It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.

Then came Act II, you seemed to change and acted strange, and why I'll never know.

Trent and Ellasbeth did the nasty? Ewwww!

All men, well interrogated, answer well.

I don't like Moscow. It's not my city.

You can't run a business without taking risks. The brave may not live forever - but the cautious do not live at all!