If it were a fact, it wouldn't be called intelligence.

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.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.

Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can't see.

Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.

Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance

Jim Bakker is an extremely talented preacher, if he would just get it together.

Like most Catholic boys, I wanted to be Jesus Christ. I could never get the turn-the-other-cheek thing down, though.

So shine on through these days we have to fill.

I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head.

Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.