There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

We're talking about nuclear war with North Korea. We're talking about Russia. Does it feel like the world has shifted? Are we all just in Donald Trump's reality show now?

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.

The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life.

I am learning that man can live profoundly without masses of things.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and rappelled to the talus and hid well.

It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

I don't know whose sensibility I'm responding to. Until someone starts pushing against what they've inherited and starts making their own decisions about language, it's difficult.

Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!

I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast).