Suzanne Collins Quotes

I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge.

I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

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.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

I knew ART was was going to give me this opportunity to expand my role as a director and finally let me have a seat at the table where I could get involved in these policy discussions and producing discussions and, frankly, the financial discussions.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.

Politics is the art of knowing and leading a multitude ... not where they want to go but where they should go.

The politician says: "I will give you what you want." The statesman says: "What you think you want is this. What it is possible for you to get is that. What you really want, therefore, is the following.

No American President should ever take any option off the table.

You don’t just go to a summit meeting and say, ‘What do we talk about?’ These things require much planning. Each one of these meeting has consequences and we have to make sure we have the right consequences.

The nation needs"a president with brains; one who can make a plan and carry it out.

Beyond going around doing things as Secretary of State, you have to recognize that you had managerial responsibilities.

I have seen the president and Secretary Tillerson work together. They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it properly.

I don't know how you can govern without ever compromising.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.

President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But I think he had too much of a tendency to want to rule by listening to all voices at all times.

I have the experience we need to make the changes we want and I think that's a winning case.

You could be in the United Nations office all night every night and still feel like you were not making a sufficient dent in the world's problems. I think the key is prioritization. But every job presents the tyranny of the inbox, of allowing the urgent to crowd out the important. So we have to have our lodestars.

If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.

The United States played the role of encouraging both sides to come together to try to finally resolve this issue, and we were pleased to see leaders on both sides work courageously to get that done.