Sri Mulyani Indrawati Quotes

We keep saying, 'No more 'band aid' solutions.'

We have to think in a very different sense than the way we think now. We think in terms of quick fixes, that solutions will come out of a few protest demonstrations, and calling upon the government to do something. And we can keep trying to do that, and it won't work.

In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change.

Temporary solutions often become permanent problems.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

Public policy must lead and not merely react.

Over time, the best politics are policies that actually work …. Others in the White House are looking for short term political victories. The political hacks are just doing their jobs.

No conventions and covenants can remake human nature in a day.

I'm committed to structural changes.

We have to be about finding long-term solutions to our biggest challenges.

I want to take a long-term view. Being distracted by short term things can be dangerous when you are making cold, calm, long-term decisions.

True transformation only comes from sustainable strategies.

There is no quick technical fix for a social problem.

No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them.

If I would have to sacrifice R&D investments to fulfill a goal, that would be the wrong goal to have.

Policy change is nothing if it's not patient work.

As an American, I would really like it if, just for once, Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 'The Squad' would focus on proposing and shepherding meaningful policy reforms for the country, wouldn't you?

Creating deep and meaningful change in this country takes time - years and sometimes decades.

Chasing profits and building a long-term profit model are two different things.

We will go to Europe to change the rules that have impoverished Italians.

Need always plays into your decisions more as the draft unfolds.

We need to stand over our policies when negotiating a programme for government.

Things that are like overnight success things don't last long, and that's not something I wanted.

Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.

There is nothing so weak, for working purposes, as this enormous importance attached to immediate victory. There is nothing that fails like success.