Suzan DelBene Quotes

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

A nation has to look ahead.

Tomorrow always arrives. It is always different. And even the mightiest company is in trouble if it has not worked on the future. Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the largest and richest company cannot afford, and even the smallest business need not run.

We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

The American people deserve long-term, forward-thinking policies.

I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.

Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

Most of our designs are developed long before there is a practical possibility of carrying them out. I do that on purpose and have done it all my life. I do it when I am interested in something.

President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.

For too long we have let history outrun our government’s ability to keep up with it.

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

No government of which I am a member will ever be a government of reaction.

The problem in any constitutional change is the great care put to solve the problems of the past instead of grasping those of the future.

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

The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.

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

Policy doesn't move as quickly as innovation happens.

As people in business know, if you just sit on your hands and don't progress with the changing environment, you won't reform and improve the existing relationships you have.

We need to make sure we are constantly staying ahead, thinking about what is coming.