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.

Carol Leifer

My stand-up act is very clean.

Martin Lee

We have to get all that cleaned out.

Sammy Lee

We have prepared exceptionally well for this tie and, having managed to keep a clean sheet in the first leg, we can go over to Marseille full of confidence. It will be an intriguing game that we are looking forward to.

Satinath Sarangi

We have said as long as they clean up, it is OK with us.

Ashley Greene

When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie & Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did!

Marc Violette

The people of New York have waited long enough to reclaim the historic Hudson. The time has long past for General Electric to put its significant resources into cleaning up their toxic mess.

Sharon Stone

I don't think Julia Roberts is as innocent as her image suggests. You have to be a really smart cookie to create an image as clean and pure and on-the-money as hers.

Ashwin Sanghi

The cleanest book on a dusty bookshelf is usually a dirty one.

Kasey Keller

We know we can score goals and we know we can keep it clean in the back. You combine those two things and you know you are going to win a lot of games.

Linda McMahon

We did not effectively manage our licensing program, ... While we negotiated good deals, introduced great products in the marketplace, we failed to provide the retail marketing support and monitoring that was needed.

Koichiro Matsuura

We did everything possible to prevent this happening but we have failed miserably.

Rob Mackowiak

We've all failed in different ways and, now, it's up to us. Obviously, the organization is looking to move into a better direction, so this should be a sign. We need to improve. All Mac could do was prepare us. He couldn't play for us. I wouldn't wish what happened to him on anybody, but you can't fire all of us.

Jeffrey Robinson

Where they failed was in what to do with this huge bulk.

Mark Greene

We're here because unfortunately judges have failed us in some of these cases,

Lawrence Taylor

I guess another message I'd like to say with this book is no matter how many times you fail... I failed a lot of times trying to get clean, and never thought I'd get to this point.

Dick Cheney

What we're hearing from the other side is the failed thinking of the past, and we're not going back.

Walter Kirn

Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.

Ramsey Poston

Shane failed to fulfill the prescribed rehabilitation program scheduled by NASCAR. As a result, Shane has forfeited his opportunity to compete.

Charlotte Bronte

You are human and fallible.

Markus Zusak

I am haunted by humans.

Ben Okri

I know that human beings are capable of anything.

Neil Harbisson

We need to get used to seeing humans with antennas sticking out of their heads.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God is not free from human beings but for them.

Edward Abbey

Humans were free before the word freedom became necessary.

Ben Affleck

I'm human, just like anybody else.

Anton Chekhov

What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create?

Leroy Hood

What is unique about humans is their individuality.

Carol P. Christ

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

Carlos Castaneda

For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.

Carlos Castaneda

The path to knowledge is a forced one. In order to learn, we must be pushed. On the path of knowledge we are always fighting something, avoiding something, preparing for something; and that something is always inexplicable, greater and more powerful than us.

Carl Bernstein

The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture!

C. S. Lewis

A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.

Pat Gelsinger

We have new platforms, new process technology and new products. It's a very powerful one-two-three.

Alan Turing

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Alan Turing

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain...

Alan Kay

Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.

John Gregg

Ultimately there could be two providers in Portsmouth, ... one step at a time.

Charles Spurgeon

We must mark God's providence leading us; and if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes

Megan Crandall

When you turn it on, it will recognize that that vehicle turned it on - date, time, everything. It essentially provides accountability.

Martin Seligman

I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process.

Paul LaViolette

We're going to run some new plays, and we think they're going to provide us some more momentum.

David DeFazio

Many of the statements (appeared) to have been provided to her.

John Barnett

We're being called on to provide services we don't have,

Tom Casey

If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.