Donald Trump Quotes

In Washington, as we learned from the White House transcripts, a president may speak of kicking butts, call a problem a can of worms, decide not to be in the position of basically hunkering down, anticipate something hitting the fan, propose to tough it through, sight minefields down the road, see somebody playing hard ball, claim political savvy, and wonder what stroke some of his associates have with others.

When you're President you have to make a lot of tough decisions. You have to keep lining them up and making them.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Leaders grasp nettles.

Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

There is no area where experience matters more than in war and diplomacy.

The way that I am, most of my time as a manager has been putting fires out and I don't enjoy dealing with chairmen and owners but I know it's part of my job.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some directors do. Some hate it. But you also have to be strong-willed and persistent enough to get what you want.

Pellegrini is always calm; if you have problems, he will try to resolve it.

Leaders fix things that are broken.

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation ... are looking for someone to listen to their problems and help them communicate.

We needed to find some options for moving to neutral ground. I was tasked with doing that.

It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war." Defeat is worse." I do not believe it," Passini said still respectfully. "What is defeat? You go home.

I don't feel burdened, but I do feel a little frustrated. Because I see the problem, and I can see the solution - but there are two strongly different points of view on this - like the Republicans and Democrats.