"Defense is not like other discretionary spending."

-- Robert M. Gates

#Defense Quotes #Spending Quotes

“Market share is king. You cannot afford to replace lost market share.”
“Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste for power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy those needs through the achievements of surrogates, whether husbands, children, or merely role models.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Kathy Nellis, www.cnn.com. August 24, 2001.
“Worship the Trinity, which I call the only true devotion and saving doctrine.”
“I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long. So you just gotta figure out ways in this insane business to keep it fresh.”
“It makes you feel good, man, makes you forget all the bad things that happen to a Negro. It makes you feel wanted, and when you're with another tea smoker, it makes you feel a special kinship.”
“That is the key to navigating this life - don't take it too seriously. That's when the party begins.”
“We should have a way of telling people they have bad breath without hurting their feelings. Well, I'm bored. Let's go brush our teeth. Or, I've got to make a phone call. Hold this gum in your mouth.”
“I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.”

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