Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eduard Shevardnadze

It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.

Eduard Shevardnadze

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

Eduardo Galeano

From the weak nations' point of view, it is better if there are many powerful countries then if there are just a few. The more concentrated is power, the fewer opportunities there are to move. Space for change, space for freedom to implement change is then very narrow; very small.

Eduardo Galeano

The ways of change are dictated by the circumstances of each country, each place and each time. I don't think that arrogant intellectuals should be dictating to the people which way they should be heading. I think we should be listening to the people, see in which directions things are developing. People are walking where they can, not where they want to. But they are walking!

Eduardo Galeano

Where do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than one poor starving soul would like to know. In our countries, numbers live better than people. How many people prosper in times of prosperity? How many people find their lives developed by development?

Eduardo Galeano

The Latin American cause is about all a social cause: the rebirth of Latin America must start with the overthrow of its masters, country by country. We are entering times of rebellion and change. There are those who believe that destiny rests on the knees of the gods; but the truth is that it confronts the conscience of man with a burning challenge.

Ernesto Zedillo

Despite the economic problems, we have had a country with social peace, ... A country where -- not without difficulties -- democracy is being strengthened.

Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards.

Francois Bourguignon

Developing countries need to prepare themselves for adjustments, some of which could be sudden.

Jacques Diouf

Developed countries thought that this was going on in Asia, that it was far away and that we were exaggerating the risks of the epidemic.

Despite initial interest, other countries have run away with the market for wind turbines.

Detainees can leave the country if they so choose.

destroys those missiles that could have shielded our country for another 15 years.

Rick Carlisle

Anthony Johnson is a guy you can count on.

Any move could be counter productive for OPEC, ... They need strong economies to maintain demand.

Joe Walsh

Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.

Robert Hormats

Any country that seems to have a slightly overvalued currency gets whacked by speculators. People go after the ones they think will be the weakest.

Tom Riley

Any country that embarks on policies that encourage drug use will get more drug use and more drug addiction.

Any country that can produce that many scientists and engineers has a natural potential of being a significant software producer.

Any country in the first two weeks, they are always criticized.

Rodrigo Rato

And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do.

Bob Dylan

And the country I die for, has God on its side

Kofi Annan

an opportunity to elect a president to lead the country into a new era of peace, democracy and prosperity.

are going to be Japan and the United Kingdom, America's No. 1 and No. 2 largest overseas markets, respectively. An in-country presence will also be established in Brazil, which is our largest South American market. And in subsequent years the program will expand to Germany and perhaps to several other countries as well.

Any time a country threatens to cut off oil supplies, the people in New York say, 'Golly, that'll happen,' and the price of oil goes up. They have a little leverage with their oil production. But if you cut off oil exports, you cut off your foreign exchange earnings.

Anything that happens in any part of the country can happen in New York,

John Gibbons

Any time he goes out there, you know you can count on him, ... If you look at the last couple of years, he's always won for us but he's been kind of the odd man out, but he forces his way in there and knows how to win.

Any sophisticated investor will recognize the country is not about to fall apart.

Any rubber stamping of this new nomination would be a disservice would be a disservice to the country.

As far as we know it is counted per IP address, per day, to prevent hiking up numbers. If they download the same file twice daily for a week, it would count seven times (as far as I know).

Michelle Rodriguez

As far as technology, I'd go to Japan. Not everything should be centred around the U.S. All the special effects from these... countries were awesome.

As far as I am concerned, it doesn't have to be on a barge, but I don't want it in Alcorn County or Lee County.

Ayad Allawi

As far as Germany and France are concerned, really, this was a regrettable position they had, ... I don't think the Iraqis are going to forget easily that in the hour of need, those countries wanted to neglect Iraq.