Famous Quotes & Sayings

I suspect that Rothstein was looking for an opportunity to show the dignity of African Americans, even in the South.

I think it could happen at the African Cup of Nations - you never know!

Jim Sinclair

I take great pride in the numerous accomplishments of our management team and the competence, drive and successes of our exploration group which is now being recognized by the growing number of Confidentiality Agreements that are now in place or under consideration. With the largest exploration undertaking on the African Continent, I look forward to more announcements of progress for our investors and potential industry partners.

Haiti is an African country outside of Africa. The AU wants to help create conditions in which a new government can be democratically elected in Haiti.

This was our first visit to an African country and South African conditions of detention could certainly be a best practice for any other country on the continent or anywhere else in the world.

He recognized this was an important niche, but I would also argue that he saw himself as contributing to the uplift of African Americans and contributing to a changing America.

John Prendergast

Having a strong African leader, with the confidence of regional governments, who's backed by high-level envoys from countries that matter

Neil MacGregor

Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of life in many areas, the main weapon in the struggle against the forces of evil.

Here was the United States just emerging from its fight for independence when the young country finds itself blocked from free trade by North African countries in the Atlantic Ocean,

Whoopi Goldberg

Good evening, loyal subjects. I am the African queen. Some of you may know me as the virgin queen, but I can't imagine who.

His work is a fine example of contemporary West African art depicting traditional ways of life.

I think the president is going to have to nominate a woman or Hispanic or an African American, and that probably the situation (with Hurricane Katrina) is such that an elevation makes good sense now.

I think that if I took this into a court of law and put this (theory) forward, then we have conclusively and beyond a reasonable doubt proved that the African crowned eagle was the killer.

Javier Solana

It is for the leaders who are concerned to take this decision. We hope that the African Union will decide to move to a U.N. mission.

The people I mixed with in Monaco didn't relate to my South African mentality or humor... Although I have met some wonderful people since I've been living in Monaco, I regard them all as acquaintances. I only have two people I consider friends here.

We've found that people have gotten used to seeing traditional images of children in despair, especially from African countries. Those images are no longer surprising, and most people certainly don't see them as a call to action.

With most of the African Union against them on this, it may be very difficult for them to resist.

Charles Taylor

We the undersigned Liberians, Nigerians, Sierra Leoneans, other Africans and international organizations are calling on President Obasanjo to immediately end his government's persecution of human rights campaigners, reassure Liberians and all Africans that Charles Taylor will not, shall not and cannot be allowed to subvert the collective will of ECOWAS, African Union and the World Community,

I thought that it was important visually to say it's a new day ? a new day ? for African women.

Kofi Annan

I thank you for your efforts, especially in calling for an end to agricultural subsidies and trade barriers that actually impoverish African farmers and producers,

Calvin Trillin

It isn't like when John died, when there were a lot of people there. I think this time she wanted to do it more by herself. Somebody told me there's an African blessing, 'May we be buried by our children.' It's obviously the hardest loss.

Don Cheadle

I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution.

Joyce Banda

I am convening the African Leaders Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized population long unrecognized does not remain in the shadows. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.

Dambisa Moyo

I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.

Justin Rose

I am hoping I can turn my form around as it is a lifelong ambition of mine to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup. The first European Tour event I will play in is the South African Open, but in the meantime I will be trying to improve my world ranking as that's another way of qualifying.

I am interested in seeing how the South African audience responds to seeing themselves in a show like this.

Chris Coleman

He has improved since he has been here and when he goes to the African Nations Cup in January, it is a big loss to us, but we don't complain and we get on with it.

Graeme Smith

He is a South African icon, and all South Africans look up to him with pride. His dignity, strength and courage have been incredible and we can only try to follow his example on the field.

He not only saw pictures of African art in books; he was exposed to African art from many of the former French colonies. He learnt from Africa how to turn convex into concave, how to turn chubby cheeks into hollow cheeks.

Corrine Brown

Today, Juneteenth is a celebration that recognizes and honors African American achievements in education and economic prosperity.

Zora Neale Hurston

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Picasso never copied African art, which is why this show does not match a specific African work with a Picasso. He took its point of view to express his own art. In his drawings we can see three sketched antelopes which come very close to the Bambara sculptures of antelopes. But then he creates a metamorphosis in which he creates something phenomenal and new.

In 2003 the South African authorities deported 55,753 Zimbabweans without official documents. Figures for this year are likely to be higher, with 24,000 irregular Zimbabwean migrants being deported between January and March alone. Deportees are both male and female, and aged from in their teens and upwards, but the reason for deportation is always the lack of legal documentation.