I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was on any business plan anywhere ever.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

The late Tom Wicker's biography of Nixon, called 'One of Us, ' is really quite good: you see the biographer discovering dimensions of sympathy for his subject that he hadn't expected to feel.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life—to stay fit and feel good.

Before commencing battle, the Warrior of Light opens his heart and asks God to inspire him.

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

And to be able to do it, to be able to accomplish the goal you've always set for yourself is always a blessing.