Affairs Quotes - page 28

I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs. (Harry F. Byrd)
It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs. View quote
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs. View quote
Matt Blunt
While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs. View quote
Michael D. Higgins
No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs. View quote
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides in the actual conduct of affairs. View quote
Nassau William Senior
As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East. View quote
Neil MacGregor
What I am concerned about in this fast-moving world in a time of crises, both in foreign and domestic affairs, is not so much a program as a spirit of approach, not so much a mind as a heart. A program lives today and dies tomorrow. A mind, if it be open, may change with each new day, but the spirit and the heart are as unchanging as the tides. View quote
Owen D. Young
I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film. View quote
Philippe Falardeau
We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit. View quote
Pope Theodoros II
After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and the federal government has allowed Puerto Rico to exercise authority over its local affairs in a manner similar to the 50 states. (Pedro Pierluisi)
My love affairs were more often about the fantasy than the actual person I was involved with. View quote
Peggy Lipton
I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself. View quote
Rachel Nichols
Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white. View quote
Richard Kerry
As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which is required for licensing. Instead, I work with invention, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and clinical application of artificial hearts. View quote
Robert Jarvik
Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs. View quote
Rudolf Arnheim
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. View quote
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs. View quote
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed. View quote
Theodore C. Sorensen
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs. View quote
Victor Ponta
A foreign minister who knew little of foreign affairs and nothing of foreign policy. (Joachim von Ribbentrop)
Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today.Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system. And because we have tolerated our past and present evils, international affairs are poisoned and law and justice have disappeared from them. View quote
Jawaharlal Nehru
To become solitary and simple in utter aloneness -- living wholly unconcerned about the multitude of worldly affairs, and abandoning and disentangling yourself from all things -- is to die. We are born alone; we die alone. View quote
Ippen
I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. View quote
Charles Krauthammer
If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One, they were angry at the state of affairs and, two, they were people of faith. View quote
Leymah Gbowee