You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

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.

My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.

Live joyfully, without desire.

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana

When the leaves of the strongest tree fall, spring is here.

Eager for bread and love.

Good advertising is a happy wedding of words and pictures, not a contest between them.

If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.