“If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, ev...” — Mahathir Mohamad Quote

“If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.”

“Australia is not a safe place.”

“The Chinese are welcome to invest in industries in Malaysia. But just as we would not welcome mass immigration of Indians or Pakistanis or Europeans or Africans into Malaysia, we have to adopt the same stance on Chinese immigration into Malaysia.”

“Planning means looking ahead.”

“If Australia wants to be a friend of Asia, it should stop behaving as if it is there to teach us how to run our country.”

“We have had dealings with terrorists for a long time. From 1948 until 1990, we had domestic terrorism because the pro-communist groups wanted to overthrow the colonial government.”

“When you take smaller gambles, no one particular deal can be big enough to have a material adverse effect on the company.”

“As a receiver, you want to run through contact. That's the biggest coaching point that most coaches give them. You're going to get grabbed and you're going to get into adverse situations. But if you run through contact and do not confuse the quarterback, more than likely you're going to get the football.”

“However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions.”

“Texas has been hit especially hard this year by a continuing drought, threatening high winds and increasingly destructive range fires. Simply, these conditions have lead to extremely adverse conditions in the agriculture industry.”

“At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as 'panics' - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need.”