My view is that you never argue with the customer about your name.

Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.

Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.