Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.

Luck is the residue of good planning.

Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems.

When the big guys in Washington dream of transforming the world, it’s the little guys who come home in body bags.

I think Republicans so mistrust Barack Obama, that if Barack Obama says Putin is terrible, they will be some Republicans who just take the other side.

U.S. has been trying to encourage Iraq to pass a law that would provide money and training and weapons for a Sunni national guard that could be effective in places like Ramadi, like Mosul

Well, I think the U.S. has been careful not to go too far in attacking Iran's allies, in particular in attacking Hezbollah forces in Syria, which have been propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.

Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.

The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence. It's not a very good spy agency, but it's good at running covert action.

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

We can't begin to learn until we admit how much we don't know.

Universal opinions are often mistaken for universal principles

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

Sometimes Allah withholds something from you, not because you don't deserve it, but because you deserve better!

People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.

There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.

Fashion is a reflection of your personality, so have fun and experiment.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

For sixty years I have been forgetful every minute, but not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed.

I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past.