High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country.

My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means.

Perhaps, there is no such person who can be called truly free, but only those who can be deemed so by comparison.

Tact is the knack of keeping quiet at the right time

Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.

Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.

I like having the dough to come and go as I please.

It strikes me there's a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly how they see it.

Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom.

Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization.

I'm loved by some, hated by many, envied by most, yet wanted by all. (Josiah)

The church belongs to its hierarchy, which is men in power. Those outside the hierarchy, and especially women, are at best only renters and at worst squatters in religious territory.