The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.

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.

...at dawn, the grains of sleep turn to floating black spots, then out of focus the world tilts, and the cat scratches at the door...

He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I want.

I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

The stool of repentance and the foot of the cross are the favorite positions of instructed Christians.

Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.

We're all lost. The best chance we got is to wander this life with the people who matter.

He looked good, like sin in a suit.

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies move.