They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we're doing or some implication that by doing what we're doing we're inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It's just - it's kind of like feeding an alligator, hoping it eats you last.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.

Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.