Quotes by David Wu

“The business of America must be more than just business, and engagement must be through more than just the cash register... Real engagement sees the Chinese people as real people, people like us, people with aspirations, with hopes, people who aspire to walk the path of freedom.”

“I thank the Oregon Science Teachers Association for its participation in National Chemistry Week. These teachers are molding the next generation of scientists.”

“In short, chemistry and chemical engineering contribute in critical ways to the economic strength, security, and well being of the nation.”

“The last time this happened in the Pacific Northwest, the geologists tell us, was 1701 so no one in our lifetime has seen it happen,”

“We must not push the panic button, but we must engage in a persistent and consistent effort to prepare ourselves for this inevitable event,”

“The Republicans ability to enforce uniformity in the House has been diminished somewhat, but even given that, we would have to hope for our senators to be able to thwart them on the Senate side using Senate procedures,”

“By the early part of next year, with everything else being equal, Intel should be ahead in the dual-processor side. Intel has bigger (fabrication plants where the chips are made), better margins and a better balance sheet. David beat Goliath, but that was a couple thousand years ago. That happens only once. In the real world, that doesnt happen. A one-year lead is not good enough.”

“Its a series of stumbles that Intel has had over the last 12 months. They had the inventory correction among the PC makers. And the pricing competition. The sub-$1,000 PC got away from them and they had to play catch-up, so a number of things have happened.”

“So, its actually a growing area of the business and Intel want to get into that area because thats significant growth there - and probably faster growth than their core microprocessor business.”

“Its hard to compete with Intel. Its really that simple.”

The president has listened to some people, the so-called Vulcans in the White House, the ideologues. But you know, unlike the Vulcans of Star Trek who made the decisions based on logic and fact, these guys make it on ideology. These arent Vulcans. There are Klingons in the White House. But unlike the real Klingons of Star Trek, these Klingons have never fought a battle of their own. Dont let faux Klingons send real Americans to war.