As the briefer, my job is to carry CIA's best information and best analysis to the president of the United States and make sure he understands it.

The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the battlefield in degrading the organization.

What I want you to know is that 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts.

Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.

From Mr. [Donald] Trump's perspective, right, he simply heard [Vladimir] Putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thought that he might be being played.

[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number of places around the world.

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

Appreciation and recognition are qualities that most leaders forget, but desperately need, to build a positive, passionate and engaged workplace.

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it must.

Drinking is a way of ending the day.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

The only problem in art is to achieve a balance between the subjective and the objective.