Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Tatchell

By legislating a two-tier system of relationships, Labor (government) has, in effect, created a form of legal apartheid based on sexual orientation.

Olof Palme

Apartheid cannot be reformed, it has to be eliminated.

Thabo Mbeki

We are convinced that the risen masses must stand at the heart and in the vanguard of the great historic process to eradicate the legacy of slavery, colonialism, apartheid and neo-colonialism.

Paul Lopez

It's a modern day slavery. It's a modern day apartheid when people here are being used for their work and they don't have any rights whatsoever.

Harry Oppenheimer

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt - in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure - to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to both white and black.

Damon Galgut

While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.

Annalee Newitz

Whether 'Avatar' is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it's undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick 'District 9', released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race.

Wilbur Smith

The mistake the apartheid government made was they gave the black people nothing, so they had nothing to lose. But now a lot of the former freedom-fighters are big-time capitalists. They've been given directorships in every major company. They're billionaires!

Binyavanga Wainaina

When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government.

Steve Saviano

(Kevin) is going to be a good goalie. I'm convinced of it. He's a big prospect for Carolina.

Ozzie Guillen

He convinced me he was ready to go. We need this kid. ... Especially with the two teams we might play, New York or Anaheim, we need two lefties (in the bullpen).

Julian Kurtz

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

Ralph Preston

Gold is telling us that not everyone is convinced inflation is in check.

John Naughton

We're pretty much convinced it's not a rogue shark or a shark out there -- one shark that's doing all the damage.

David Clohessy

We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.

Nick Spano

I think we need a strong New Yorker to head the ticket, ... hasn't convinced me he is the right person.

Filippo Luca

Latin American economies have made a leap to quality. We are totally convinced that this time the economic growth will be much more sustainable than it has been in the past.

Mike Bird

I watched it for two hours. My wife looked at it, my parents looked at it. Before long, I was firmly convinced that we were dealing with something real.

David Potts

Remember that what we do is not 'to' or 'for' the poor, ... but 'with' the poor. And even if we fail to eradicate poverty in this area, it will be a glorious failure!

N. R. Narayana Murthy

The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.

Kim Cattrall

Most people look at ageing as a disease. They do. They have prescriptions and places where you go to eradicate it.

Jonathan Swift

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

Tony Couture

Jake?s a great story. He?s played through an injury this year, had some rocky roads but he played outstanding tonight and made some great saves.

Brent DeRuyter

Jake had a great year last season as a sophomore. He should be even better this season.

S. Hughes

He just went AWOL (absent without leave) on us. I think he just lost his heart for the battle. But he was a lovely lad. They all seem to be lovely lads from Trinidad.

Daniel Inouye

Henry was an acquaintance of presidents and kings, but his heart was always with the native people of Hawaii, who are still struggling for their moment in the sun,

Roberto Torres

Have the heart of a lion and the mind of an eagle.

Robert Richardson

Her lungs were fine. It was just her heart.

Sandra Ritchey

Her heart had just been working too hard.

Nanci Griffith

...here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest.

John Tortorella

He's been so much-maligned all year long but tonight his heart was as big as the building, especially in that third period he played.

Persian Proverb

Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue

Randy Rutledge

What do you tell the guys? All I can say is I'm proud of them. They got it done heart to win for each other.

Chuck Armor

Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.

Chuck D.

Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin - their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.

David Hewson

Historic Amsterdam, that old part you first see when you turn up at Centraal Station, may have its monuments, but it's also the most tawdry and overcrowded part of the city.

Jack Horner

Historical science is being left in the dust.

Yasuo Fukuda

Historical perspectives or outlooks represented in textbooks should not be identified as those of the Japanese government.

Ed Harris

I don't have the luxury of the firsthand historical knowledge that you have. You'll probably find the same thing with the board.

Lawton Chiles

Today is the first of many paydays for our people from the historic tobacco settlement,

Reza Aslan

The New Testament is not a historical document.

William Wordsworth

Those old credulities, to Nature dear, Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock Of history?

Jim Boeheim

He cemented his legacy long before this. But people will remember this four-day performance forever.

Ronnie Dunn

I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!

Van Jones

The main obstacle is the entrenched power of the legacy polluters.

Bill Bradley

I'm trying to remain true to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,

Ryan Howard

I'm going to try to uphold Jackie's legacy and play in a manner that would make him proud.

Paul Slattery

The important thing is the legacy lives and Tom lives with us.

Arlen Specter

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

Lawrence Wilkerson

The legacy of the Bush administration is a lack of positive action on energy and the environment and profligate and irresponsible spending with no commensurate action to deal with looming liabilities.

Lee Iacocca

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

Marlon Defillo

I would not say we're at 100 percent. We're still in the process of rebuilding our infrastructure. But in terms of the department's responsiveness to the community, we are functional.

Steve Siegel

We're in the process of returning it to its rightful owner.

Phil Frame

We're in the process of interviewing right now. We take their statements, then go back to the site to verify what they said they saw.

Pearl Norris

We're in the process of getting it started.

Bob Hill

We've got to get Vitaly in shape. And there's a process in that.

Larry Brown

I think we just sometimes don't understand how we get leads, and time and score. We're just young and this is the process you've got to live with.

Vince Dooley

I think we all realize that the more subjective the process is, the worse things are for everybody. I think it would be proper to come up with something more definitive.

Lloyd Dobens

It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.

Alberto Fujimori

It is my purpose to remain temporarily in Chile, as part of the process for my return to Peru,

Mike Purcell

He really wouldn't stand out in the crowd.

Holly Derrick

We told her, just standing there, in the street. It was bad.

Glen Taylor

I do not see that as a possibility. As I stand here, I just don't see a possibility that makes sense.

Fred Miller

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Robin Williams

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.

Wavy Gravy

The 90's are the 60's standing on their head.

Walter Scott

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

Mike Lynch

I really didn't think we'd be able to be standing here. I never really thought I'd be able to do something like this.

Pema Chodron

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom