Colin Powell Quotes on Time (35 Quotes)

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.

It's a question of time and a question of expectation and conditions that are met,

There is no timetable, ... We understand the need for Israel to defend itself. We understand that Israel is under threat from terrorist attack, and we have been supportive. But at the same time, as a friend of Israel, we have to take note of the long-term consequences of the incursions that are under way and (their) effect on the nation in the region and the international climate.

At the same time, the United States is not walking away from its objective that regime change is the best way to solve this problem,

In our conversation today, most of the time was spent not on esoteric subjects but practical aspects of security how to arrange for the transfer of responsibility for Gaza, the details of the transfer, what are the outstanding issues that have to be dealt with before we can go forward with this transfer,

I can assure you that, if he doesn't comply this time, we'll ask the U.N. to give authorization for all necessary means, and if the U.N. is not willing to do that, the United States, with like-minded nations, will go and disarm him forcefully,

The only answer to the problems of insufficient democracy and incomplete economic reform is more democracy and more economic reform, ... The past year has been a difficult one, where our beliefs have been tested. But it has also been a time when our convictions have been confirmed, and that is what makes me optimistic moving forward.

This time, we want a better solution, we want a solution that involves all the countries in the region. I hope North Korea understands that,

However long the Israeli incursions continue, whether they pull out of everywhere today or whether they pull out of everywhere they are now in over a longer period of time, the problem will still be there -- people who need to be brought into a negotiating process that will lead to peace,

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

that everything else has failed and now is the time to push and try because so many other countries are willing to be part of the effort.

We all should be prepared for something that's going to be extended. I think it would not be the appropriate course of action now to put a time limit on it, because it's situational.

At the time the president was listening to those who were supposed to be providing him with military advice. They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad it turned out to be not exactly as they had anticipated.

There comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work.

What what we have done here today is note the new opportunity that exists for progress in the Middle East because, for the first time, we have an Israeli prime minister who has stood up and said that he wants to evacuate settlements,

will look into these matters to see whether or not the intelligence agency had a basis for the confidence that they placed in the intelligence at the time.

I think that Prime Minister Sharon should give this serious consideration, as we get closer to the time of the summit, ... Face the Nation.

We think it is particularly outrageous that the young boy, the son, was held away from his parents, away from family members, for an extended period of time, and we were not notified in the timely manner that is required and expected, ... So we are expres

There may come at time when another U.N. resolution might be appropriate but we see no need for one now,

all together at one time.

Germany is one of our closest friends. And differences and difficulties will arise in any relationship from time to time, but the strength of the relationship between the United States and Germany will remain and, I expect, will thrive and grow,

If you say you're clean, then come clean. Time is running out. We can't keep hunting and pecking and trying to see if we can find something.

There is also no debate among my colleagues in the Security Council that we need to have a tough inspection regime that is any time, any place, anybody. The discussion is, how do you link consequences to their failure to act this time

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

This is a time to be patient ... an opportunity to decide what kind of a government will be formed.

On peace-making, he described Sharon and Arafat as leaders looking down a long hallway, with a settlement at the end. They have the keys, ... it's going to take some time before they get back to negotiations.

There were some people in the intelligence community who knew at the time that some of those sources were not good, and shouldn't be relied upon, and they didn't speak up,

This is a time for prompt action to take advantage of this new window of opportunity that has been presented to us, and we intend to do just that,

Saddam Hussein is sitting on a failed regime that is not going to be around in a few years time,

I don't think advantage was taken of the time that was available to us, and I just don't know why,

But at the same time, we have to do everything we can to deal with the aspirations of the Palestinians and the other nations in the region who have an interest in this. I think America will continue to be a friend to all sides,

But at the same time, I think it's an overstatement to think that Russia is going back to the days of the Soviet Union,

No plans at this time, simply because there are no plans at this time -- not that there won't be plans in due course,

Some suggest we're distracted because of Iraq, ... but that's not the case. We are spending a great deal of time ... exploring a variety of options and avenues.

For the time being the Bush administration says it's important to watch and wait as the next Israeli prime minister arranges his new government, ... This administration will keeps its fingers crossed the next Israeli leader will exercise restraint and won't be tested any time soon.