Martelly Michel Quotes & Sayings

Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere. — Judy Collins

W-what do you want?"
That flat black stare lifted to her face again. This time she felt certain it was pulling her in. "You."
She blinked, pressing her thighs together in a feeble attempt to squelch the unsettling throb between them. "I don't understand."
"I think you do."
"You want me to take his place? I cannot - "
"No. I want you naked and writhing beneath me. — Cherrie Lynn

I want to continue to do a good job for my constituents, my party doesn't want me to resign. — Michel Martelly

Haiti has changed a lot. — Michel Martelly

Donors need to know what their money is being used for. — Michel Martelly

I don't even want to be president! — Michel Martelly

Everything in Haiti right now is a priority. — Michel Martelly

It's a party that's being organized; it's not a protest. The carnival is not like it was a long time ago. Before it was do as you like, take to the streets. — Michel Martelly

It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the world. It's time to open our country to potential investors. — Michel Martelly

When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future. — Michel Martelly

Any MP has to have a proper family life, they have to have support of their partner. — Michel Martelly

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy. — Lord Byron

This language implies the covenant is unique to Earth, exclusive to humans, and universally unprecedented. — Cris Putnam

We are being bought off by our affair with the contemporary drug of choice: ease. — Colum McCann

Of course there are individual racists in America. Sadly that's true. And sadly that will always be true. It's true in this country, it will be true because it's human nature. — Monica Crowley

I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music. — Michel Martelly

The last five - six presidents of Haiti have failed miserably. And I don't think it would be an honor for me to say I want to be the next 'president.' I want to be the man by with whom change arrives. — Michel Martelly

My way of thinking is to create a situation where we rally everyone together and create peace and pardon people, to not forget about the past - because we need to learn from it - but to mainly think about the future. — Michel Martelly

I believe my past is my strength. — Michel Martelly

The Haiti that has been waiting for help and not moving no longer exists. Enough handouts; we need hands up. Enough aid; we need trade. — Michel Martelly

My Christmas present? That's nice. But I'm not really in the mood to - "
"Open the goddamn thing or I'll kill you where you stand."
"Sir! Opening it." She ripped the paper, stuffed it hurriedly in her pocket, and pulled off the lid. "It's a key code."
"That's right. It's to the ground transpo that'll be at the airport over in that foreign country. Air transpo's been arranged, for two, on one of Roarke's private shuttles. Round trip. Merry fricking Christmas. Do what you want with it."
"I - you - one of the shuttles? Free?" Peabody's cheeks went pink as a summer rose. "And - and - and - a vehicle when we get there? It's so ... It's so seriously mag."
"Great. Can we go now?"
"Dallas!"
"No. No. No hugs. No hugs. No. Oh, shit," she muttered as Peabody threw her arms around her and squeezed. "We're on duty, we're in public. Let me go or I swear I'll kick your ass so hard that extra five pounds you're whining about will end up in Trenton. — J.D. Robb

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out. — Michel Martelly

The people behind me are the people behind Aristide. They are just looking for better days. — Michel Martelly

When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see the results. You will see the results in 30 years when you see a different type of Haitian. — Michel Martelly

We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are." — Ansel Adams

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them. — Michel Martelly

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened our institution. — Michel Martelly

I rallied all the youth around me, all the people who liked Compa, but felt like it was dying, going away, being replaced with Zouk. So it became a movement. So, through the years, I've played my music with dedication, discipline and originality, and controversy also. — Michel Martelly

International donors, our friends, should demand results; impose results. The fact of giving money is not helping if you give money to honest people and there is no structure to manage that money. It is not helping. — Michel Martelly

The State should have made sure the money given to the NGOs was used according to a global plan for Haiti; not doing whatever they want. They should be supervised and have to report and make sure the money is being used properly. They are here, but we are seeing no results. — Michel Martelly

The arts are a celebration of life. — Michael Douglas

It occurs to me that my thinking has been faulty: we do not feel God's absence. We feel the absence of all that is lost to God, that which has set itself apart and refuses to return, believing itself to be in exile. — K.J. Bishop