I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

We're talking about nuclear war with North Korea. We're talking about Russia. Does it feel like the world has shifted? Are we all just in Donald Trump's reality show now?

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.

The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life.

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

The 'terrorist' behavior of petitioners is remarkably similar to the conspiracy of violence and intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.

To look like you are a real sports fan, when there is a game on TV just yell, Oh, come on! every now and then at the TV.

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.

When your life is working there will be an absence of drama

I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

When it's over I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that’s indecision.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.