When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent. Michael Hayden Read Quote
We’ve been here so long. The history and richness runs so deep within the community. We own this. It’s personal. It’s very personal. Linda Johnson Rice Read Quote
I’m quite intrigued by the notion of a book that is completely self-contained but related to another book. I’ve coined a rather hideous word for it – a paraquel. Charles Palliser Read Quote
The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the ‘welfare principle’ in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don’t assist individuals who can take care of themselves. Mark Skousen Read Quote
We don’t want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on ‘girl books.’ G. Willow Wilson Read Quote
The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers. Adam Gopnik Read Quote
