Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition

Famous quotes containing the words secretary, defense and/or acquisition:

    “... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
    —Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)

    “The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people’s identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.”
    —Václav Havel (b. 1936)

    “Always and everywhere children take an active role in the construction and acquisition of learning and understanding. To learn is a satisfying experience, but also, as the psychologist Nelson Goodman tells us, to understand is to experience desire, drama, and conquest.”
    —Carolyn Edwards (20th century)