William Hartung famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
-
Current levels of Pentagon spending may not be able to support current defense strategy. The answer to this problem is right before our eyes: cut the money and change the strategy. That would be acting in the name of a conception of national security that was truly strategic.
-- William Hartung -
Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems and revitalize our economy we need to be more selective about our involvement in foreign crises large and small.
-- William Hartung -
The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.
-- William Hartung
-
Harriet, Hi! Light of my eye! Come to the pictures and have a good cry, For it's jolly old Saturday, Mad-as-a-hatter-day, Nothing-much-matter-day-night!
-
He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I want. If it were anything or anyone else, I could stand back and let him take it." His blue eyes gazed back at me. "But I can't let him have you.
-
I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
-
People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
-
My voice is the only material thing in which I can still reveal myself. Go ahead and cut off the hand or the testicles of a voice. Try to find the head of a voice, the orifice through which it passes, or even the breasts to which you can attach the clips of your electrodes. Nothing. Resonant tooth.
-
If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.
-
You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
-
Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are going to blow your funky mind!
-
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
-
When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
You may also like:
-
Alexander Cockburn
Journalist -
Bill McKibben
Environmentalist -
David Chang
Chef -
Denis Halliday
Humanitarian Coordinator -
Frank Gaffney
Columnist -
Hans Blix
Swedish Politician -
Karl Marlantes
Author -
Matthew Simmons
Author -
Maude Barlow
Author -
Michael Klare
Author -
Opal Whiteley
Nature writer -
Pat Tillman
Football player -
Ramsey Clark
Lawyer -
Richard Perle
Political scientist -
Robert Kagan
Historian -
Scott Ritter
Critic -
Stan Goff
Writer -
Wayne Smith
Diplomat -
William Bennett
Former United States Secretary of Education -
William Kristol
Commentator