Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

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.

Look at yourself, you’re old, too, but still doing your work. This is what we are, Philips. This is what we are.

Childhood introduces children to the wounds of the world.

Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.

Companies are looking to be quicker with content, provide faster approval and be able to capitalize on the conversation and content of the moment.

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

Adrenaline is my drug of choice.

My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.

If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

Normally, when youre working on something, there are other characters that you have alliances with, and you have unified goals with some characters.

The ideal of service and the urge to practice it form the very heart of education.