If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
DONALD RUMSFELDThere are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.
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Remember where you came from.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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