The United States isn't going to do anything that it's not capable of doing. And if we do something, we'll be capable of doing it.

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.

Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that, ” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.”“You’re not?

He'd fantasized about her too? "You don't have to fantasize anymore, " she murmured...

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy.

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!

Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the social worker-judge.

I voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger 'cause I figured he can go back in the future. Put that in the act.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that's the look.