?Putin is a man of Russia?s past, haunted by lost empire, lost glory, and lost power. As long has he remains in that office, Russia?s internal problems will not be addressed. Russia?s neighbors will continue to be subject to bullying from Moscow. While the tensions and threats of the cold war will not return, the opportunity to cooperate with the US and Europe will be limited,? said former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates.
?How can a government go on, publishing all their negotiations with foreign nations, I know not,? said John Adams, America?s second president, lamenting its tendency to leak like a sieve.
The F-22 stealth fighter program has had a long slide from its original proposal of 750 aircraft in 1986, to 187 today. Over 25 years, it has suffered almost as many cuts from as many hands as Julius Caesar had,? said former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates.
?I suspect no one in the world doubts this administration?s willingness to use force. But we should only use it as a last resort, not as a first step?.We don?t do Pearl Harbors,? said former Secretary of Defense and CIA Chief Robert M. Gates.
?The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary,? said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.?
?There?s a lot of performance anxiety out there right now. There?s nothing worse than sitting on cash watching a market go up double digits,? said Tom Lee, chief US equity strategist of JP Morgan.
?Asking if Hillary Clinton is going to run for president in 2016 is like asking if John Dillinger is going to rob a bank,? said conservative commentator, Mike Murphy.
?The stock market is one of those things that looks better the more expensive it gets,? said Barbara Marcin, portfolio manager of the Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund.
?It used to be that the big ate the small. Now it?s the fast that eat the slow,? said business guru, Jason Jennings.
?The elephant in the room is the upward momentum of the US economy, and it is pretty good,? said Jim Paulson of Wells Capital Management.
