Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way.

If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.

Life cannot be exchange for anything.

Enjoy the ride while it still lasts.

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

That orbed maiden with white fire laden Whom mortals call the moon.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

I believe in love, but believe it's love that keeps beating me down.

Infinity: Time on an ego trip.

My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that.

This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.

There's no way to tweak your content in order to goose ratings. You do what you're good at and let people follow you.