Funding Quotes

“This is a plain and simple truth; and I heartily wish I had had a little more money to have gone on with the improvements I have made.”

“Scientific statesmanship is the ability to get the research money.”

“For the scientific enterprise, the discovery of the federal treasury was a more significant event than the discovery of the atom.”

“The annual budget process is a ritual of supplication, exaggeration, and deception.”

“Why are we ignoring the oceans? Why does NASA get all the money?”

“Scientists are out there making up stuff to try to get grants.”

“The subsidized theatre is the only theatre that can afford to fail.”

“Big science is a machine, and it needs fuel—which is to say, money.”

“We need to look at all options for funding our transportation needs, including public-private partnerships.”

“Subsidy is the only real answer to the plight of the Arts.”

“As Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, my focus is on rebuilding our military and ensuring our warfighters have the best equipment available.”

“You can't have a war on terror if you're not going to pay for it.”

“I don't get funding from oil companies. My funding comes from people who use my weather forecasts.”

“We must ensure that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect our nation.”

“Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.”

“Subsidy is the only way to have a theatre that is not just about making money.”

“Mr. Caperton, I will not have my name used in any way to raise money for the National Endowment for the Arts.”

“I am not going to be the person who is going to be the reason why this agency is not funded.”

“I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”

“Physics is not a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.”