Phumzile Mlambo Quotes & Sayings

Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We hope that there will be better policy-making and hope to see projects implemented. We have lots of information that can be used for the implementation of projects. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario. — Pope Francis

For her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her; but converse with her had an irresistible charm, and her presence, combined with the persuasiveness of her discourse and the character which was somehow diffused about her behaviour towards others, had something stimulating about it. 3 There was sweetness also in the tones of her voice; and her tongue, like an instrument of many strings, she could readily turn to whatever language she pleased, so that in her interviews with Barbarians she very seldom had need of an interpreter, but made her replies to most of them herself and unassisted, whether they were Ethiopians, Troglodytes, Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Medes or Parthians. 4 Nay, it is said that she knew the speech of many other peoples also, although the kings of Egypt before her had not even made an effort to learn the native language, and some actually gave up their Macedonian dialect. — Plutarch

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I was thinking how complicated life is and how there are no simple roads or paths. We are a fabric of mistakes and hurts; a family tree of fumbled attempts, successes and failures. — Belinda Jeffrey

They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight against it and reject it by becoming a feminist man, or you enjoy the privileges that come with it. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We also have to match the skills with the needs of the economy ... I think we are losing the plot because we are continuing to produce the people that are not going to be the drivers of industrialisation. So that needs the discipline of both training institutions and policies that drive our people to industrialisation. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

There is no great force for change, for peace, for justice and democracy, for inclusive economic growth than a world of empowered women. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

After shedding only as much clothing as required, I climbed onto his lap and rode him like I was running a race and the finish line was in sight. — Trina M. Lee

G-d does not play games with His loyal servants," said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice.
"Whooo-eee," said Crowley. "Where have you been? — Terry Pratchett

I did not want to worship gods as cruel as this - gods cruel enough to rape my mother after she objected to being deceived, or willing to waste the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands of men in a useless war. I did not want to believe we could not be free. — Amalia Carosella

They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made. — Maurice Gibb

Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making roles, as heads of state, CEOs, religious and cultural leaders, and as partners and parents. — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Something to remember, that: cats for missiles. — Mervyn Peake

The difficulty, in sociology, is to manage to think in a completely astonished and disconcerted way about things you thought you had always understood. — Pierre Bourdieu

Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession. — Tom Douglas

Educate a woman, you educate a nation, — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka