To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.

If you're running a successful administration, then you're loyal to people who are basically good who make a mistake. And that seems to be essential for any organization. And it should be essential if this were a normal administration, rather than a fiefdom, where everybody simply tries to give Donald Trump a good headline every day.

The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.

If Donald Trump wants to fire somebody for not getting Obamacare repealed, he should fire himself.

If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.