The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right.

People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close.

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.

Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

I'm living the dream.

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

Don't forget Yemen, where there are also extremist elements, as we saw recently.

I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts of Georgia, took Crimea, southeastern Ukraine, bases in other countries.

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.

You are the creator of your own perceived reality. Don't be a creation of circumstances. Always take full control of your destiny.

You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.

And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

No one yet knows what a man's province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.

A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted.

After high school I was going to be an architect. In fact, I was studying to be an architect when the audition for 'The Monkees' came along.

It's rewarding to know that a song is doing more than just helping someone to have a nice day: it's actually leaving a deposit in their lives.