Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herman Cain

I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

Quincy Jones

Imagine what a harmonious world it...

C. L. R. James

First of all, Bolshevism represents...

Chris Abani

African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how, as a writer, I find that African writers have always been the curators of our humanity on this continent.

Chris Abani

There is no living African writer who has not had to, or will not have to, contend with Achebe's work. We are either resisting him - stylistically, politically, or culturally - or we are writing toward him.

Wole Soyinka

Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent.

Emogene Middleton

This store that we're standing in front of, The Gap, was really Kress five and ten cent store and it was the hub of downtown for African Americans. The only restroom that was available to us was in the basement of this store.

Barbara Stocking

Today's announcement will make a real difference to millions of poor people. On the ground it will mean thousands of people get treatment for the first time in their lives. Zambia will need continued support to recruit new staff but this is a massive leap in the right direction. We now need other African countries to follow suit.

Win Butler

The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.

Jen Schlegel

Our theme is, ?Every walker counts in a community that cares,? because a walk like this shows the number of people who do care. I think the numbers speak loudly and are overwhelming that this is a great place to live.

Jeff Corey

are the types of tragedies that impact entire communities.

John McNeil

I've been very happy serving in a smaller school. It's a way of life for me. The interests of mine and the community have been the same. Rural schools have been my life. Montana is one of the most rural states. There's a need to educate every kid in the state.

Bridget Carey

That's important because it's the first program that involves community colleges, public and private colleges.

Fulton Sheen

You should realize that the community with which you deal is not the one of 42nd Street and Broadway, or Hollywood and Vine. These are the crusts on the great American sandwich. The meat is in between.

Jeffrey Immelt

You're going to have to look people in the eye and say, 'We've got to shut this factory and move it to China,' ... then in the afternoon, go out in the community and connect with people.

Bob Cameron

You name it, just about any program that involves youth in the community and we are likely a part of it.

Robert Prunty

This is big-time football. I don't the people in this community realize how big this is. They don't realize the level of football we're dealing with. They don't realize the pressure of the decision for these kids. This is about the next four years of their life.

Steven Mitchell

This project is a promise to the community and has been delayed several times. The longer it waits, the more money that will be spent in order to make it a reality.

Mia Turner

At the moment, the emphasis is on the need for road engineers. If we can open the roads, that would solve everything.

John Cairns

People in my view have been putting too much emphasis on the slowdown of the economy,

Carolyn Peck

I think this was a very clarifying time for us as we've gone through right now. Now our focus and emphasis has to be maintaining that focus of what we want our M.O. to be.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Brian Tracy

Do your own market research; ask your last ten customers exactly why they bought from you.

Bobby Lutz

We're a better team right now, the way we've played the last 10 games.

Kelly Holcomb

We've won the last two. We've got ourselves back to .500.

AJ Pierzynski

Do we feel lucky? No. Did they feel lucky when they won last night?

Josh Schwartz

We did a lot of that last year. Where that story line is going is not what people are expecting.

Bobby Lamb

We signed 23 last year, and this year we signed 12. This year we were very selective because we were looking at taking one at every position, basically.

Alice Barrett

I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown.

Shere Hite

Where there is lasting love, there is a family.

Mark Routt

Supply is meeting demand. The real question is at what price.

Javier Solana

It does not make much sense to have another meeting if there is nothing new to put on the table.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Fred Phillips

It shows what we are doing is working. We are meeting our goals, which is very exciting.

The Eagles

It's been a total headache, ... We had trouble getting officials because the state (LHSAA) ruled New Orleans officials were unacceptable this season because they have not been going to their weekly meetings and they are supposed to be working for other associations in Thibodaux and Hammond.

Robin Cook

The watchword for our meeting will be resolve,

Craig Rasmuson

The meeting was sort of somber. I think the players all realize the nature of this business.

John Brady

There is no request for such a meeting before us at the moment,

Tim Mazanec

This reiterates the view of many that a quarter point per meeting for the rest of this year is in the cards,

Gloria Allred

Some were told that the reason they had to stand in a particular spot was to make sure that construction workers passing by the trailer would not be able to see them.

Tom Sneddon

We have a cooperative victim in this particular proceeding.

Martin Lee

There's one particular woman who does a lot of cooking.

Chris LeDoux

Mostly it would be those who rode in a particular even would hang out with those who rode in the same event.

David Lee

All these things were on her mind, stewing and stewing. And all these things boiled to the surface in one particular moment.

Tim Johnson

They seem to be targeting this particular group.

Scott Anderson

I try to find time to umpire and referee, but have had to reduce some of that, in particular the basketball.

Tim Beck

This doesn't take away from us winning the region title.

Alice Cooper

How old are you? Sixteen? S-seventeen? [asks security guard] Is seventeen legal?

Hamid-Reza Asefi

We are not worried by the Security Council, but it is the wrong method.

Brad Williams

Women feel safe with me. Because a woman with me knows that she can stop the situation from advancing to a point that she's comfortable at any time.

Ice Cube

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. You have to get it out in the open. You have to talk about it.

Tracy McGrady

I know I have to keep up my image. It's all about how you handle the situation.

Bobby Bowden

This is one of those situations where we don't have a lot of experience. But they sure are talented.

Carroll Quigley

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

David Sibley

They talk about Southern hospitality, but Southern hospitality has nothing on this place,

John Green

I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try to understand what I just did. That's the kind of weekend it is--the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas.

Nick Hornby

…I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.

John Mulaney

It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.

Denise Van Outen

At weekends, I've been going on long but steady-paced four-and-a-half-hour bike rides.