... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.

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.

When there is no one to teach you life will show you. All you have to do is pay attention.People unfortunately rarely take the time to sit back and evaluate. Their too busy being busy.

To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.

I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.

In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee.

Prayer is your personal key to heaven.

We gonna touch the sky.

In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.

Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?

That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.

When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it.