The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected.

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.

Ask the American public if they want an FBI wiretap and they'll say, "no." If you ask them do they want a feature on their phone that helps the FBI find their missing child they'll say, "Yes."

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

The State Department said the countries that are most stealing our best ideas also are our best allies.

I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.

I doubt that Congress would pass on the opportunity to make sure that our children were safe from terrorists.

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is."He stopped in the

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.

It's all about where your mind's at

Moira was like an elevator with open sides. She made us dizzy.

Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.

Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost.

It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it.