7 Quotes by Robert Gates

The only way I could justify it to myself was to do everything in our power to encourage fans to stay off the roads if they don't live in Bryan-College Station. Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, the lower the attendance the better.

With all the new licenses FERC has given out over the past 15 years, there's been more attention being paid to things like recreation and the environment.

I've said since I arrived here that Texas A&M is a unique American institution, ... We need to get that message out. ... We need to be more aggressive in letting people know the extraordinary, high quality of teaching and research that goes on here ... and the uniqueness of the university. I think there are just too many people around the country that think Texas A&M is a small, all-male military school.

They only have a right to pass back and forth.

Data-based issues, like mapping, tend to fall by the wayside when there is a crunch on resources,

Not only is it collaborative in writing the plan, we want a partnership in the futures to implement it and bring it into the future.

I made the comment that this isn't the 60s and 70s. The universities want to be helpful. We understand the threats to the country and, unlike in the past, there is a real opportunity for cooperation that is beneficial to both sides,