Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.

One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.

I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it.

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and how it all builds into the whole.