Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce haemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Death Quotes

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. Thats something I...

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. Thats something I...