No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again.

In the future, the cyber threat will equal or even eclipse the terrorist threat.

So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed.

Leaking of classified material is a concern.

In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to terrorism, go out and collect it, to do the interviews, to do the investigative work.

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.

I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find.

They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the country or the world. And I'm lucky to have the opportunity to work with them.

But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States.

Interestingly, the more Americans report knowing about Muslim countries, the more likely they are to hold positive views of those countries. (p. 155)

Grown tall, like a ruddy weed, on his food.

She now knew that the death she feared might not be a physical one, that it could be death of the will, the soul, the mind, the laws, and thus not death, but a perpetual dying.

I just want to go back to rockin', but I'm uncertain as to what to actually do. The truth is, I never stopped thinking about rock'n'roll for a second that I'm on holiday.

Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method.

Help your pieces so they can help you

Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world

I am quite sure that if we could but once approach the Most Holy Sacrament with great faith and love, it would suffice to make us rich. How much more so if we approach it often!

The Internet is accelerating the speed of acceptance and social justice.