If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.

Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.

We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.