George Ayittey Quotes
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
-
I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love.
-
Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
-
Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
-
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
-
I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
-
Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
-
I think music sharing of any kind is great.
-
Film has always been where my heart is.
-
I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
-
It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
-
People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
-
I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
-
I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it.
-
I have always done work to which my heart says yes.
-
Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful.
-
I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
-
Sweet to me was not the voice of man, But the wind's voice was understood by me. The burdocks and the nettles fed my soul, But I loved the silver willow best of all.
-
Everything that seems like a disability with Trump always turns out to be an advantage. If we were in the laboratory, designing the perfect presidential candidate, it’s unlikely we would have produced a tasteless, publicity‐seeking, coarse, billionaire, reality TV star. Ha! Look at how wrong we were. It turns out, that is exactly what we needed.
-
The way we think about a presidential portrait is one that is imbued with dignity from the outset.
-
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
-
I have lots of best friends, but my brother is the main one.
-
I wanted to do something heroic if I was going to be on TV. And the first thing that appeals to me once I have decided I don't want to be the bad guy is to find things that are not black and white.
-
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
