Magne Quotes & Sayings

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Magne Furuholmen is a very dear friend of mine. A-ha are a classic pop band and they've got some brilliant songs. I'd say 'The Living Daylights' was one of my favourite Bond tunes: regardless of it being a Bond song, it stands alone as a great piece of music. — Guy Berryman

Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly regarded in most countries as an environmental monstrosity. — Nigel Lawson

Until Perry was five, the team of "Tex & Flo" continued to work the rodeo circuit. As a way of life, it wasn't "any gallon of ice cream," Perry once recalled: "Six of us riding in an old truck, sleeping in it, too, sometimes, living off mush and Hershey kisses and condensed milk. Hawks Brand condensed milk it was called, which is what weakened my kidneys - the sugar content - which is why I was always wetting the bed." Yet it was not an unhappy existence, especially for a little boy proud of his parents, admiring of their showmanship and courage - a happier life, certainly, than what replaced it. For Tex and Flo, both forced by ailments to retire from their occupation, settled near Reno, Nevada. — Truman Capote

A part of me looks at life from a dismal perspective, not unlike Woody Allen and Larry David. But I don't want to look at life like that. It's bad enough that I have to think it. What works for me is writing against that view. There is God, there is love, there is greatness, there is a plan, and there is beauty. — Corbin Bernsen

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians ... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it. — Alex Haley

Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

There is a need for more effective dialogue ... between the government and the international community. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Thought kissin' ass was in my blood type? Oh, negative. — Phonte

Don't wish, Miss Tick had said. Do things. — Terry Pratchett

I hate to sound like Julie the cruise director but it's people that I think about all the time. — Bruce McCulloch

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Music I discovered that night, was a sanctuary, a safe place to hide, a place where scars didn't matter, they didn't exist. — Len Vlahos

It is typically Norwegian to be good — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality ... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful. — Dan Simmons

You won't benefit from diverse perspectives if you aren't open to utilizing differences. — Eunice Parisi-Carew

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

some being attended to by EMS teams. "Oh, Jesus," I whispered under my breath. I spotted medical techs in black windbreakers huddled over the body of a young girl by the front steps. A couple of plainclothesmen were nearby. One of them was my — James Patterson

As for she's concerned the world has two king of people in it: predators and prey. — Claudia Gray

Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence. — Kjell Magne Bondevik

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by. — Madeleine Peyroux