We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.

You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.

Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.

I'm an optimist. I hope if a movie's good that it will be a success, but as we know, that's not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns - there's lots of reasons.

My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.