Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dinaw Mengestu

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

Durado Brooks

The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference.

Amr Moussa

The real European-African partnership should be based on promoting development and liberating the African continent from its debts, which have been preventing economic progress and depriving Africa of its equitable share in the global economy,

Paul Kagame

There is no doubt that both regional states and Africa in whole will gain toward peace and stability in Burundi,

Thomas P.M. Barnett

An Obama administration truly looking to break with the molds of the past would stop treating Africa as an obligation and start treating it as globalization's next great opportunity, understanding that Chinese - along with Indians and Arab sovereign wealth funds - are natural partners in this process.

Aasif Mandvi

I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.

Toyin Odutola

My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America.

Todrick Hall

Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now.

Tshepo Peege

We are going to isolate countries where these safety issues are a concern. The stigma that Africa carries leads people to fly non-African airlines and thereby deprive our airlines of opportunities to grow and expand.

French Proverb

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

Francesca Cantalini

Many beggars always have puppies. They buy them on the illegal market for a few euros (dollars). The puppies are often sedated, so that they don't move around, and when they grow up who knows what happens to them.

Atharva Veda

Wealth, treasures, and household are all just ruins; the Lord's Feet are the only treasure. Nanak is a beggar standing at Your Door, God; he begs for Your charity.

Emmanuel Jal

I was shocked when I came to New Orleans. I never knew there were beggars on the streets here. I didn't know that there were poor people. I thought this was Heaven, you know?

Carol Vorderman

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now.

Muhammad Yunus

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care.

Jeff LaBar

We're not shy about using that name to get people out to see us, but once they're there, we hook them in with Naked Beggars songs. But we do a few Cinderella songs.

William Butler Yeats

Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot,Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!The beggars have changed places but the lash goes on.

Source Unknown

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.

Toots Thielemans

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

JR

My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.

Greg Steinhoff

We've always been looking, everywhere we can, to find money for the life sciences.

Jeff McCracken

We're in good shape. The system's working everywhere it should. This is a wet storm, but there's not a lot of snow to melt like there was in '96-'97." ()

Peter Johnston

There is no question, ... everywhere is getting warmer.

Tyga

I don't follow trends. I'm a trendsetter. I represent all the younger generations; fly kids, creative kids - they look up to me. I got a program that's called ROAR. I go to all high schools everywhere we go, and I talk to all the kids, and I give away 30-35 tickets and passes to the kids doing good in school. Stuff like that means a lot to me.

Friedrich List

liberty and civilisation have everywhere and at all times emanated from towns

Carl Sandburg

There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they seem to get nowhere

Max Schneider

I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.

Eli Manning

I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season.

Kevin Carter

We're going to find out who really wants to play and who really loves football.

Jennifer Gray

She has a lot of social stimulation and she loves music, so she has singing activities, ... She's safe and well-cared for - I know that.

Joe Martin

She always wanted to do music, she loves performing and composition.

Sarah Doukas

She loves modelling - and she needs to be busy.

Laura Moore

She's so in shape and she loves sports.

Curtis Jackson

She's a typical girl. She loves shoes. She loves going shoe shopping, right in mom's closet.

Sally Zimmerman

She's been doing that all year. She did it in the district. She loves this type of atmosphere. It's in her blood. She doesn't have any fear.

Dan Hendricks

We're set for the Santa Catalina. He's here, he loves this track, so why leave?

Jim Calhoun

We have no one like Brandon Roy. Nobody does.

Allison Anders

When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

Manny Diaz

The process is ongoing, nobody has pulled the plug,

Carolina Herrera

Any business is the same in the beginning because nobody knows where it's going to ride.

Ken Sheldon

We've got nobody out there, an ambulance has to come from Jerome to treat those people.

Cliff Carrier

We've got it pretty well covered. The numbers out here don't matter, though. It's the numbers inside, and there's nobody in there.

Neve McIntosh

With some writers, the script looks beautiful on the page, but nobody actually speaks like that.

Ann Marsh

She was in the water. She watched it happen. There was nothing that nobody could do,

Bobby Cox

With two outs and nobody on you feel like you're going to win a ballgame, ... We just did not get big hits.

Carre Otis

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

Carol Roth

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Carol Kane

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

Carol Kane

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Leifer

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

Carol Shields

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

Carol Moseley Braun

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

Carol Moseley Braun

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Carlos Beltran

I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.

Jorge Cruz

We want our voices to be heard. Us students, we will take action. We will stand up for what we believe.

Jeff Olson

The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born.

Boomer Esiason

Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.

Norma Aviles

Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.

Alan Paton

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Alan Bennett

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

Bob Doyle

We want to stand on our two feet.

Charles Handy

You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heel, head and standards high.