No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.

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.

Irony is easier than hopeless silence but braver than flight.

Human skin hisses like a rattlesnake when it burns.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.

Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.

If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

I just think it's better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier, people die for them, people kill for them.