The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got.

I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water.

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

There really is no vacation from the world in which we live.

Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the people and not with the tools.

Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media.

First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.

We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.

Sometimes we don’t get second chances, Owen. Sometimes things just end.”He winces. “We didn’t even get a first chance.

You alone have the power to determine your value. Don’t let somebody else paste a discount sticker on you. You’re priceless.

As a general rule, if anyone ever asks you to put stockings on a ninety-year old deceased Romanian woman with oedema, your answer should be no.

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.

When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

I'm happiest with people who've gotten furthest from traditional ideas of nationalism.