Byanyima Winnie Quotes & Sayings

I can't tell you how nice it is to hear someone talking like the voices in my head," Abigail said, linking arms with Jessica and heading toward the battlement door. "You'll have to come visit - a lot. Miles will love it." "Did you tell him about me?" "He guessed." "He didn't!" "Not much gets past the man. — Lynn Kurland

I have restaurants, bookshops ... but it's not an empire, more ... a puzzle. If it were an empire, all my restaurants would be the same. — Alain Ducasse

Sometimes you cannot program around stupid. — David Ferrell

In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality. — Winnie Byanyima

We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems — Bill Gates

I didn't think you did bad boys ever?"
"I'm seriously making an exception for Beck." Claudia's eyes fluttered closed on another moan. "Beck. Even his freaking name is hot."
"Well, my mother would hate him. He said 'fuck' twice within a matter of seconds."
"I'd fuck him twice in a matter of seconds. — Samantha Young

We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that reduce poverty. — Winnie Byanyima

It doesn't matter if there are a lot of fish in the sea. Finding the ONE FISH to love for the rest of your life is difficult no matter where you swim. — Liz Tuccillo

I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a highly developed moral sense and a bitter honesty, is rare at any time and especially in this time. We need him. — Carolyn Kizer

By empowering a woman, we empower a child. By educating a girl child, we make it possible for her to grow up to become an empowered woman. — Winnie Byanyima

Another World Is Possible, Without the 1%. — Winnie Byanyima

If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know? — Ron Paul

There was a hint in the air that the earth was hurrying on toward other weather; the lush midsummer moment outside of time was already over. — F Scott Fitzgerald

What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is not the way that we lift people out of poverty in Africa. — Winnie Byanyima

A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the case we are now seeing an emerging consensus among business leaders, economic leaders, political leaders and even faith leaders. — Winnie Byanyima

Climate change is the biggest threat to our chances of winning the fight against hunger. — Winnie Byanyima

We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine. — Yuval Noah Harari

Were' is a son-of-a-bitch word. — Katie McGarry

Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise. — James Black

It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus. — Winnie Byanyima

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you. They are therefore wise who make themselves an asset. We can be our own worst enemies or best friends. We can be a source of trouble or a cure for trouble. So if you feel empty, as many do, start by getting free from yourself as a first stop to vibrant living. — Norman Vincent Peale

The heart has always the pardoning power. — Sophie Swetchine

The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering. — Winnie Byanyima