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Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

Donald Rumsfeld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 9, 1932

Topics

Men Yourself World Think Said Full

The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, 'Wow, these are things I didn't realize I was capable of.'

Yourself Challenges Surprise Reward

I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.

People Me More Always Asking Than

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

People Me Turn Tell Return Serve

For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class.

Work Success Opportunity Child Climb

There are more clocks than ever - clocks on computers, on cell phones, on televisions, on any screen available, telling time to the digital second - but they all seem to matter less.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Time Computers Matter Digital Phones

We need to be tough once again in the world.

World Tough Need Again Once

I realized that a lot of people in my family had sacrificed for me to have the opportunity to go to a place like Duke. I owed it to them to finish. I graduated with a 3.6.

Family Opportunity People Me Place

Tottenham was my first international club. I spent four glorious years there, and the fans were brilliant with me. I only have good memories.

Good Memories Me Brilliant First

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.

Work Time Experience Consistency You

My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be scandalized. I'm not going to talk about anybody like a dog. I'm going to say the positiveness of my life, and talk about those who have contributed to the way I've been going, and that's that.'

Life Dog Me Book My Life Look

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Food Broken Promises Made

I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.

Someone Understand Embody

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