Igor Ivanov Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
-
I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.
-
When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
-
The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
-
Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in.
-
The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.
-
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov -
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
-
People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
-
The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
-
Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched.
-
I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
-
Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
-
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs.
-
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
-
Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.
-
I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
-
I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
-
Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.
-
I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.
-
The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.
-
The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
-
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
-
The problems of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq can be solved by political means
