We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism

The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counterterrorism purposes.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.

A woman of many talents. And intelligent, too. He'd probably have to kill her soon.

I knew then that the fewer items I was acquiring, dusting, packing, moving, and lugging around in life would free up my energy and time to create...

Good anecdote--bad reality.

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer.

Each time this identity announces itself, someone or something cries: Look out for the trap, youre caught. Take off, get free, disengage yourself.

For you to have real love, you need to be able to move past your self.

I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.

I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.