Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

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.

I breathed the air of deliverance through books, and through books I leapt over the walls of confinement.

Literary Party: A traffic jam of the lost waiting for the ferry across the Styx.

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling

I'm not the most attractive fella. I'm not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.

I have been a provoker and I'll probably always be one in the public arena for the rest of my life.

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

I’d like to see a forklift lift a crate of forks. It’d be so damn literal! You are using that machine to it’s exact purpose!

Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must defeat ISIS.

If you are in a hurry to get money, you will be in a hurry to spend it. Anything that starts dubiously will surely end dubiously.

The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.