Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high.

We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.