We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

We're talking about nuclear war with North Korea. We're talking about Russia. Does it feel like the world has shifted? Are we all just in Donald Trump's reality show now?

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.

The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life.

Be careful what you wish for or pray for, because whatever you wish for or pray for, you will have to take care of.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

I'm trying to remain unfamous.

I'm as highly insecure as a human can be.

Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife.

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.

If I wanted to lie, or if we wanted to lie, if we wanted to exaggerate, I wouldn't use my daughter to do so. I could easily buy other people to do it.

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

Survival is your strength not your shame.

You know, throughout the world, throughout history, when countries get rich, they stop having kids.