Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

Donald Rumsfeld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

ResponsibilityGovernmentBetterAsk

For me, the audition is always the hardest part of the whole process. Once you get on set, once you're in costume, you're with the director, it's so much easier to get in the headspace.

Angourie Rice

MeProcessYouDirectorAlwaysGet

I want to be in a 'Final Destination' movie.

John Waters

DestinationWantFinalMovie

In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started out under the rule of womankind and only switched to patriarchy at the dawn of civilization.

Amanda Foreman

DawnViewHumanityCivilizationOut

Even in my neighborhood, the kids come to me for interviews for their term papers. I ask them later what grades they got, and they're always A-pluses.

Stephanie Kwolek

MeGradesAskAlwaysNeighborhood

My father was very big on marriage.

Sidney Poitier

MarriageFatherBigVery

Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.

Simone Biles

FatherAir ForceAirYearsForce

Before the surge started, frankly, after I left Iraq towards the end of 2006, I was worried that we were losing the war. But after the surge, I felt that we succeeded.

Tom Cotton

WarLosingEndLeftStartedBefore

I only do the press for the work. I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote or endorse things or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

Rupert Friend

WorkPeopleWorldGoEventsThings

I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to have so many parts of life I really enjoyed. The people there seemed to prize literature and art, food and drinking, a more hedonistic way of living.

Rosecrans Baldwin

LifeArtFoodPeopleMovingLiving

No matter what happens, I can go back to the mountains. I have nature and my wonderful friends and neighbors. I get so much by being there.

Lizz Wright

NatureMountainsFriendsBackI Can

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

MeetRealizeDifficultiesExistence

I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

Jonathan Groff

ParentsMomPrideFriendsRemember

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Donald Rumsfeld