“First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas.” PeopleFirstsDifferentEnergyNaturalCommonSecurityRight NowNotionFocusedGasDependenceVocabularyDifferent PeoplesNatural GasGeopoliticalDifferent MeaningsEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't. What we [America] did was akin to taking a baseball bat to a beehive. Our primary security threat right now is terrorism - and by doing what we did in Iraq, we've managed to alienate a good part of the world and most of the allies whose intelligence and other help we need to combat and defeat terrorism.” WorldNeedsBelieveStillsWarHelpingAmericaInterestSecurityRight NowBaseballThreatDefeatIraqTerrorismPrimariesCombatAlliesBatsNational SecurityBeehives Author:Jerry Springer
“You have to do your best to face every moment, because this moment will never come again. The moment that you are living right now is a very important opportunity to make your life vividly alive. If you want to live with spiritual security in the midst of constant change, you have to burn the flame of your life force in everything you do.” IfsWantImportantMomentsFacesSpiritualOpportunityForceChangeAliveSecurityRight NowConstantFlamesMidstLiving RightLiving Right Now Book:Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time Source: Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time
“That’s why you have to write your book right now, if that’s what you want to do. If you wait until you have the time, and the security, you might not want to do it. You’re in a race against your own enthusiasm. Don’t put it off because someone told you it’s never too late. That’s the worst lie. It’s never too late today, but it’s often too late tomorrow.” IfsWantWritingBookMightTodayLyingWaitingRaceWorstSecurityTomorrowRight NowLateWhat You WantEnthusiasmToo LateNever Too Late Author:Stephen Elliott
“Carli Fiorina thinks the answer for Social Security and Medicare is...zero-based budgeting! Christ. People of a certain age are all banging their heads on the table right now.” PeopleThinkingAgeCertainSocialChristAnswersSecurityRight NowTablesZeroSocial SecurityMedicareBangingBudgeting Author:Ted Cruz
“The real secrets start leaking out when there are too many secrets because people can't remember what's a real secret. There's a very famous line by National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy: "If you guard your toothbrushes and your diamonds with equal zeal, you'll lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds." And that's where we are right now.” PeopleIfsRealRememberLosesLinesSecretSecurityRight NowEqualFewerDiamondNational SecurityZealAdvisorsVery FamousToothbrushes Author:Ted Gup
“We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President [Barack] Obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster based on his policies.” CountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesIssuesSecurityPolicyHugeOughtRight NowDisasterBarackPushingSenateNational SecurityPresident Barack Obama Author:Jeb Bush
“For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations.” ShouldBelieveProblemGovernmentSocialSoundTermInterestHalfEconomySecurityRight NowSixShould HaveSizeObligationEarningFederal GovernmentSocial SecurityEntitlementMedicareHalf Time Author:John C. Goodman
“Sometimes markets err big time. Markets erred when they gave America Online the currency to buy Time Warner. They erred when they bet against George Soros and for the British pound. And they are erring right now by continuing to float along as if the most significant credit bubble history has ever seen does not exist. Opportunities are rare, and large opportunities on which one can put nearly unlimited capital to work at tremendous potential returns are even more rare. Selectively shorting the most problematic mortgage-backed securities in history today amounts to just such an opportunity.” IfsDoeSometimesBigsTodayAmericaOpportunitySecurityReturnAmountRight NowCreditBritishSignificantOnlinePoundsBubblesCurrencyContinuingUnlimitedFloatsMortgageErring Author:Michael Burry
“Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over the next decade or two, it adds significantly to it. So it's somewhere around $600 billion. We call for approximately cutting that in half and instead putting those dollars into true security here at home.” TwoHomeNextHalfCuttingSecurityExampleRight NowWeaponsProgramDollarsAddDefenseDecadesNuclearBillionsBudgetsDepartmentNuclear Weapons Author:Jill Stein
“I'm not quite sure,this is the issue that is on the minds of the American people right now, who basically want to make sure that Donald Trump keeps the promises that he made when he said he was not going to cut Social Security and Medicare.” PeopleWantMindMadeSaidSocialIssuesCuttingSecurityTrumpPromiseRight NowSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“Of course the issue of ending war, and creating prosperity; they're overarching issues all the time. But right now, the challenge to this generation I believe is the climate crisis. It's a national security issue, it's a health issue in terms of clean air, it's a competitiveness issue in terms of innovation and it's a moral issue to preserve the planet for the next generation.” BelieveWarCoursesNextI BelieveTermChallengesMoralIssuesGenerationsAirSecurityPlanetsRight NowCreatingInnovationCrisisCleanClimateProsperityPreservesNational SecurityNext GenerationThis GenerationCompetitivenessMoral IssuesHealth IssuesClean Air Author:Nancy Pelosi