"It's really not a number I'm terribly..." - Quote by Colin Powell
It's really not a number I'm terribly interested in.
More by Colin Powell
“My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.”
“There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has done by being aggressive in the war on terror, this should redouble everyone's efforts to go after terrorist organizations of any kind... Terror has to be brought to an end.”
“But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.”
More on Priorities
“The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.”
“Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war.”
“He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope.”