It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.

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.

Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer he taught that prayers are always answered. He ever implied that prayers were answered rightly because of the Heavenly Father's wisdom.

I am no mother, and I won't be one.

American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.

I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.

Only in the human form is it possible for life to attain its final goal, which is to realize the all-pervading and infinite Divinity.

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

The Tonys ignored West Side Story. The Tonys ignored Gypsy. It's a kind of public humiliation.

I just like to think rather than talk. But I enjoy everyone's company.

We must be born with an intuition of mortality.

To behold the day-break! The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows, The air tastes good to my palate.