“We started a thing called the Global Developmental Alliance -- Secretary [of State Colin] Powell announced it in 2001, ... and we now have 200 alliances between AID [Agency for International Development], foundations in the U.S. and nontraditional corporate donors who want to give their corporate money.”
Andrew Natsios
“I have learned that a smile is a better persuader than a fist, in the long run.”
Thomas J. Powell
“Mastering the art of under promising and over delivering requires the ability to say no, when and how with conviction.”
“I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to focus attention and resources on the opportunity at hand.”
“Efficiency is only truly great when it is focused on effectiveness.”
“I love capitalism...only in the United States can a poor kid with everything going against him or her make it to the highest point of achievement.”
“[Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday he had read a summary of the New Yorker article and stressed that all war prisoners should be treated humanely.] I haven't read the article and I don't know anything about the substance of the article, ... I have just seen a quick summary of it. So I will have to yield to the Defense Department to respond.”
Colin Powell
