James G. Stavridis Quotes

United States, Naval Officer
February 15, 1955

James George Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) is a retired United States Navy admiral, currently an Operating Executive with The Carlyle Group and Chair of the Board of Counselors at McLarty Associates. In August 2018, he stepped down as the dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a graduate school for international affairs. Stavridis serves as the chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News in New York. He is also chairman of the board of the U.S. Naval Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Also known as University Teacher

What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook.

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- People
- World
Controlling President Trump seems incredibly difficult.

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- Trump

Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives.

James G. Stavridis
- Family
- Friends
- Pretty
I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the benefit is lost when the exchange becomes a series of petty ad hominem attacks. I don't see much value in it.

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- Lost
- Value
- Petty
Rested commanders are the best commanders.

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When I get up, the first thing I do is open up Gmail and check my personal email.

James G. Stavridis
- Up
Front-line officials, including DEA agents, border patrol and other homeland-security professionals, should remind Mr. Trump how important Mexico's assistance is in achieving his national-security goals.

James G. Stavridis
- Important
- Goals
- Trump
I am a huge consumer of social networks, and I utilize Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I'm interested and am learning more about Tumblr and other visually dominant sites.

James G. Stavridis
- Learning

I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding.

James G. Stavridis
- Power
- Today
- Positive
All of my relatives on both sides of my family are from Allentown.

James G. Stavridis
- Family
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to the United States.

James G. Stavridis
- Greek
As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.

James G. Stavridis
In the 20th century, we built a lot of walls - we endlessly tried to build walls between us and people we perceived, correctly or incorrect, as our enemies. In the 21st century, because of the advent of networks, the free movement of goods and people across the globe, we need to build security by building bridges instead of building walls.

James G. Stavridis
- People
- Free
In the 21st century, we can't create security by building walls.

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Thinklogical's systems play a key role in the delivery and visualization of mission critical data used every day by military and intelligence communities worldwide.

James G. Stavridis
- Military
As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines of locals seeking visas to our nation.

James G. Stavridis
- World
- Star