Quotes by

Charles Vest

Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts weve made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true. – Charles Vest

We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm were proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn. – Charles Vest

For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe. – Charles Vest

Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message. – Charles Vest