"I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration."

-- Robert M. Gates

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“While flying with several other USAF pilots over Germany in 1957, we sighted numerous radiant flying discs above us. We couldn't tell how high they were. We couldn't get anywhere near their altitude.”
“Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.”
“Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions.”
“I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.”
“You're putting me to sleep, Michael.”
“I'm not saying I don't ever improvise because I do that quite a lot, especially with other people, but generally I've got an idea in my head and then I'll pursue it 'til I get there.”
“I always have to add to a team someone who is a highly tactile, list-oriented person who keeps us on track. And call them a COO or executive all-star, or whatever. I need to balance myself with people around this table who are much better at organizing, which is certainly a blind spot of mine.”

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“Man is the being who is involuntarily and voluntarily busy with himself and his surroundings, between two broadcasting stations of good and evil, until one or the other ultimately prevails.”

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