When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

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.

With persistent perseverance, you can break through any barrier.

You are what what you eat eats.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

One of the things I've been working on for the past few months is a radical simplification of the interface.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

All good niggers, all the niggers who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways.