Chok Quotes & Sayings

As people grow up and they want more freedom, it's on an individual basis, children want to have more freedom, you've got to allow that, so how do you balance it. I would say let it evolve, move as quickly or slowly as people would like to move. — Goh Chok Tong

I was recruited by the former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And I never forgot his key message to me when he was encouraging me to come in. He said: "You must hold fast to your values. If you have to compromise your values in order to join us, you lose your value to us." — Vivian Balakrishnan

Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition — William Shakespeare

Many times in my life, I've seen someone decide, 'I'm going to do this. This is going to happen for me.' And good or bad, it always does. — Scarlett Savage

You can't paint pictures of love. You can only imagine them. So I suppose I don't need a painting by another artist. I have enough of my own. — Wolfgang Beltracchi

Be a Columbus smell the fragrance of the new lands and discover them. — Amit Ray

In the next decade, we need to think and act like revolutionaries. We have to innovate, not merely imitate. We will succeed not be following the footsteps of the incumbent, but by introducing new dimensions into play. We need Singaporeans who can lead the way in creating new wealth for our economy. — Goh Chok Tong

I also know that we should cultivate our gardens. — Voltaire

When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to a new use: making loans that did not qualify for government guarantees. The purpose was to extend credit to less and less creditworthy homeowners, not so that they might buy a house but so that they could cash out whatever equity they had in the house they already owned. — Michael Lewis

New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will be a lively and exciting place.. Our city will not only have depth, but also the richness of diversity. But above all, Singapore will a home for Singaporeans. — Goh Chok Tong

For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve some abstract ideal that the Western media thought it ought to conform to. If in 10 years, Philippines, Taiwan and Korea were better societies because they adopted the US model, Singapore would hurry to catch. — Goh Chok Tong

I cannot - nor will not - be ordinary. I have to keep training and seeking and growing. I have to stay hungry. It is my will and so has become my nature. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Earning money is not the sole objective of life or education. A community of any quality should have a whole range of skills and interests. They should paint, write, perform, visit art galleries and enjoy world-class concerts. Only then will they form a vibrant, rounded, interesting community. — Goh Chok Tong

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child. — Goh Chok Tong

Retrenchment is good for singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry. — Goh Chok Tong

Does the weight of consequence drag you down until it pulls you under? — Ashlee Simpson

If I care about poverty, I have to care a lot about investments in the private sector. The private sector creates the vast majority of jobs in the world, and social protection only goes so far. — Jim Yong Kim

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything. — Greta Scacchi

There are no short cuts. If you want to do something special, there's a serious price to pay. There's no way around it. — Tom Thibodeau

My main mission when I became Prime Minister, was to keep Singapore going and Singapore has been kept going. So, I'm happy with what I've done for Singapore. — Goh Chok Tong

Fortune sides with him who dares. — Virgil