Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

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.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard idea of the form.

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

My life is not a game that I play to entertain you.

Getting out of the house is the secret to staying alert through the droning hours leading up to the big meal, even if you don't go farther than 7-Eleven for another six-pack.

We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.

Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.