Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edwidge Danticat

The Attorney General made another astonishing claim, that there were Pakistani terrorists possibly coming on these boats from Haiti. No one has ever seen a Pakistani coming on a boat from Haiti yet.

Ben Fountain

Eruptions of talent continue to happen in Haiti, in spite of everything.

Barbara Boxer

You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?

Colin Powell

has the interest of the Haitian people at heart.

Rene Preval

If they publish the results as they are now, we will oppose them, the Haitian people will also oppose them, and there will be protests.

Eva DeHart

Our promise to Don is to do our utmost to keep For Haiti With Love rolling in his honor.

Meta Golding

I think it's really important for Haitians living abroad to go back and help with the development and infrastructure, especially because there are so many international people there.

Rene Preval

We want the will of the Haiti people to be respected.

Celso Amorim

This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition.

Michael Sheridan

The pattern is that every 2,000 to 3,000 years, there is a monstrous eruption (of Mount Vesuvius). And it has now been about 2,000 years.

Tony Saca

We have had an eruption of moderate magnitude, ... there was no lava.

David O. Selznick

I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.

Peter Gleckler

These results are suggesting that an eruption such as Pinatubo temporarily slows down the warming but it is only temporary, and in the future we can't rely on eruptions as a way of slowing the warming because we have no idea when or where they're going to occur.

Bill Steele

At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,

Doug Larson

Even before the eruption it was about 45 feet.

Larry Crumpler

If you look at the statistics, just the number of eruptions, there's an eruption every 3,000 to 5,000 years. Since the last one was 3,000 years ago, well ...

Lord Byron

I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

Lord Byron

I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence --this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

Steve Saviano

When you get to shootouts, it comes down to who has the most talent. Usually the team with the most talent wins. We have a lot of talent on this team and we're pretty talented up front.

Jane Austen

I have no talent for certainty.

Britt Ekland

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

Brett Favre

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

Barbara Corcoran

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

Brenda Ueland

Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.

Calvin Trillin

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

Charlie Kaufman

I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can.

Billy Wagner

You have to be mentally 'there.' Your talent is there, but you have to be mentally there, too.