William J. Perry Quotes

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the face of war and how we prepare for war.

William J. Perry

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• I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Think
  • Hate
  • Hatred

• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

  

  Rachel Tucker
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Important

• If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Chance

• Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

  

  Tacitus
  • Character
  • Best
  • Most

• Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Love
  • Man
  • Achieved

• You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • People
  • Great
  • Different

• Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.

  

  Harold E. Hughes
  • Want
  • Die
  • Sun

• My job is to help more people have jobs.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Job
  • Help

• There are certain things women are better at than men.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Men
  • Women
  • Better

• This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Reality
  • Immigration
  • Trail

• I think I can get away, sometimes, with walking in the streets and not getting noticed. I like that. I want my work to get noticed, not me. And it's slowly getting there, which is good.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Good
  • Work
  • Walking

• Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

  

  Nancy Astor
  • May
  • Lonely
  • Often

• I didn't like playing with dolls; I didn't like getting dressed up. A lot of my friends and people I went to school with were into fashion and their clothes, so I lacked a bit of self-belief and confidence... I wasn't really comfortable.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • People
  • Up
  • School

• The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Music
  • Attention
  • Teachers

• I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.

  

  Dana Schutz
  • Space
  • Play
  • Information

• An outsider's point of view is always handy.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • Point
  • View
  • Point Of View

• Surviving is the only glory in war.

  

  Samuel Fuller
  • War
  • Glory
  • Surviving

• All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

  

  John C. Maxwell
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.

  

  Boyle Roche
  • Sister

• Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Job

• My mother at a young age put me in bilingual, so my strength is really more in Spanish. Even though I live and I was born and raised in the States, you know, in the Bronx, in Spanish I get my point across. And when I'm writing music, when I'm doing music, it's easier for me, and I know exactly how to express myself.

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Live

• From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • Age
  • Death
  • Perspective

• We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the face of war and how we prepare for war.

  

  William J. Perry
  • War
  • Age
  • Technology