Richard Clark Quotations

There are some similarities that we see with East Africa.

We have quietly gone after that organization, and we're picking it apart limb by limb, ... We are not done yet, but we will be.

Let's declassify that memo I sent on January 25. And let's declassify the national security directive that Dr. Rice's committee approved nine months later, on September 4. And let's see if there's any difference between those two, because there isn't,

Most people are good people. Usually, everybody does right.

I can tell you that reducing the work force by 11 percent, removing $4 billion of ongoing costs from the system and coming up with a new business model to me seems pretty competitive.

His movement has transformed successfully from one organization into about 14 organizations that spread out across the world, ... Efforts by the Pakistani Army to go after bin Laden, the so-called spring and summer offensives, have again and again ended in failure.

It has provided a training ground for terrorists.

Most of (these groups) are as alive and well now as they were on 9/11.

The actions we are announcing today are an important step in positioning Merck to meet the challenges the company faces now and in the future,

We continue to believe we can generate compound annualized revenue growth, including 50% of the revenues from the joint ventures from which the company derives equity income, of between 4 to 6% through 2010. We also believe we can deliver double-digit compound earnings growth, excluding restructuring charges, over the next three to five years.

We believe they will improve our earnings-per-share and ultimately enhance our shareholder value.

The problem with an article like that is that we haven't had time to talk to employees. We're very unhappy. We want to tell our employees first.

Trying to make the race finals is a challenge in itself. He did amazingly well for an asphalt-track background.

There are governments that are building units, military units and intelligence units, to engage in information warfare. They are developing capabilities, they are building the units, and in some cases they seem to be doing reconnaissance on our computer networks.

We've got a good department. We've got a lot of good officers working for the public and protecting their interest.

to help in getting priority service deployed for cell phones as soon as possible.

Even the bad people you have to treat with respect. You have to treat everyone with respect.

I've talked to a lot of state directors of homeland security, state officials, mayors, heads of big companies, and they all say they don't take it seriously,

As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.

You need to continue to work on your cost element. But you're not going to save your way to growth. You need to develop products.

There was a time when we heard a bin Laden tape and assumed an attack would take place shortly thereafter somewhere in the world. That hasn't been the case for several years now, and the things he says very often don't happen.

The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition.

They (computers) run our electric power grid, out telecommunications network, they run our railroads, our banking system, and all of them are vulnerable, at some level, to some degree to information warfare, or cyber-terrorism,

The NBL has a number of contingency plans to evaluate if the Pirates aren't involved next season, but we're certain our push for one dedicated basketball night will remain, regardless of who plays in the new 12-team league.

I miss working in narcotics, but I like the stability of working for the police department.

I'm confident this first phase of the restructuring plan sets the course for us.

You can usually find something. I enjoy patrolling. I enjoy being out here and doing this.

The e-mails are not as implied. It's like guilt by association.

The company also anticipates returning to bottom-line EPS growth, excluding restructuring charges, beginning in 2007.