John Pike Quotes on Time (6 Quotes)

A telephone company, for instance, can tell which team is winning the Super Bowl simply by looking at how many people are making phone calls at any given time, ... The National Security Agency uses this technique to monitor calls in Afghanistan or Pakistan, to try to predict an impending terrorist attack.

As with every other weapon, there is no reason to hope that it is going to work perfectly all of the time.

The Iraqi security forces have disintegrated on two previous occasions, in early 2004 and late 2004. They will probably be a work in progress for some time to come.

It's certainly not going to be able to intercept all of them all of the time. If we're talking about incoming nuclear missiles, that imperfect defense is going to simply be a false sense of security.

If we give the Air Force enough money and enough time, the Airborne Laser will probably achieve many of its goals.

You do have to wonder, over time, what the congressional appetite is going to be for that line item.