Ted Yoho Quotes

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

I have to make sure that I am doing the right thing. I can't afford to make any mistake.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

We wait until Pandora's box is opened before we say, "Wow, maybe we should understand what's in that box." This is the story of humans on every problem.

Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever.

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

Everything has to be perfect in my business. Because when there is a mistake I am the one who is responsible.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.

If you want someone to show up and help you if something bad happens, you'd better tell someone where you're going. And of course I wanted someone to know - but I'd made a choice and it was a choice I was going to have to live with.

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

Part of my job is to make the tough calls.

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

Do you think it’s wise, darling? You know you’ve got to rule this afternoon.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

This is the biggest mistake I've made so far in my life ... When you're a sportsman, you shouldn't be involved with politics.

The pressure of time, is the overwhelming challenge for policymakers who must act on assessments that cannot be proved at the time and whose mistakes are irretrievable.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

Moral hazard is something I don't take lightly.

We always want to keep a clean sheet, but there are situations we can't control.