Bouzid Quotes & Sayings

Every time I fumble or drop a ball I am embarrassed. — Dante Hall

I had never heard of the little Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. And yet, that's where it all began. With an ordinary incident, one that happens frequently, but so frequently that it finally started something unstoppable. — John Freeman

Far too many Americans are illiterate in power - what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence over everyone else. "We need to make civics sexy again," says civics educator Eric Liu. "As sexy as it was during the American Revolution or the Civil Rights Movement. — Eric Liu

I think of myself as being perfectly photoshopped. If I started scraping at the layers of what I'm suppressing - what I've put a pretty picture over - things would start looking pretty ugly. — Tarryn Fisher

Some of the most miserable people I have ever met have been people who are very popular with the public, but down inside are empty and miserable. — Billy Graham

Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out. — Ina Garten

A wicked man is distrustful, and fear is commonly found in those who are able to inspire it. — Jules Verne

And when the leaves return, and their whisperings fill the night, they'll freeze and burn, where fire and ice collide — Owl City

Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking. — Henri Nouwen

I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out! — Eva Gabor

I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity. — Yanni

It's ironic..here is life passing, like clouds drifting over the sky, yet they don't see what's in front of them. They believe there is something more substantial going on in that little screen in their hands. — Katie Kacvinsky

Tarek Mohamed Bouazizi, who burned himself to death in front of the governor's offices in the town of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010.12 Bouazizi killed himself precisely one hour after a policewoman, backed by two municipal officers, had seized from him two crates of pears, a crate of bananas, three crates of apples and a second-hand electronic weight scale worth $179. Those scales were his only capital. He did not have legal title to his family's home, which might otherwise have served as collateral for his business. His economic existence depended on the 'fees' he paid to officials to allow him to operate his fruit-stand on — Niall Ferguson