Akpabio Nddc Quotes & Sayings

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments. — James A. Leach

In the flash there's no final thought, no final reflection, just the breath carried from her body on the back of the bullet. — Anthony Marra

But how can you speed up the transformation of society in a country as large as Russia? Those sounding the moral outcry are the ones who are trying to dictate their standards from the outside. Of course, that isn't the right way to go either. One cannot impose democracy from the other side of national borders, which is something we ourselves experienced during the communist era. The West's policies toward Eastern Europe, the Helsinki process - none of that really helped us. — Vaclav Klaus

At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world. — Karl Rove

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought. — Jack Vance

While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It was perfectly dry in spite of the fact that it had been immersed in water for centuries. The same is true of many people in the Western world. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity; they live immersed in the waters of its benefits. And yet it has not penetrated their hearts; they do not love it. The fault is not in Christianity, but in men's hearts, which have been hardened by materialism and intellectualism. — Sadhu Sundar Singh

I guess I have a hard time believing in things I can't see. — Morgan Rhodes

I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was speaking to a member of the aristocracy. — Alan Bradley