Margaret Chan Quotes
The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
Margaret Chan
Quotes to Explore
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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
Talcott Parsons
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
Victoria Pendleton
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When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
Larry Harvey
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
Ban Ki-moon
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Olin Miller
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I think newspapers will survive in some form or another.
Dan Jenkins
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In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
Maajid Nawaz
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
Iris Apfel
