Dan Webster Quotes

Congress should get the job done.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

A president in his first year has a mandate and some political capital. When he picks an issue, he can practically roll any Congress.

My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people rather than the other way around.

I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

Running the country is like running one big business.

In this constantly evolving world, Congress must be a good steward of policy to ensure our laws at least keep pace.

I think that we're trying to look at all of our assets and figure out what's the best use and where we need to make investments in infrastructure to enable the projects that we want.

Regulatory reform is my agenda. I intend to thoroughly work on this.

I operate best on big vision and creative detail.

I have actual strong ideas. You just have to wait for the right timing. Timing is pretty crucial here. I can't dedicate a lot of energy and efforts trying to, say, create a show that I want to produce while I'm currently on another show.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.

If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.

No job is more vital to our society than that of the manager. It is the manager who determines whether our social institutions serve us well or whether they squander our talents and resources.

A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little.

Unsolvable problems do not exist. Any crisis is a combination of specific tasks to be worked on. The government has the experience and reserves to overcome the economic downturn

If we build three million new houses by 2020, where will we grow all the stuff needed to feed the people who live in them?

I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vision of where it's going to go. All this has to be settled before you start, or else your work is just a story.

Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.

Choose your props wisely.

Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have.

Nah. I’m a consultant, of course. Everyone’s favorite nondescript yet well-paid white-collar job.

Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources.