Saakashvili Mikheil Quotes & Sayings

Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Understandably, no peace can sustained when people continue to suffer from hunger, lack of jobs, lack of basic public services - and most of all - lack of opportunity or hope. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable. — Mikheil Saakashvili

What is important for my purpose is that it was during the "anti-Fascist" phase that the younger English writers gravitated towards Communism. The — George Orwell

The mega-strategy of Jesus: make disciples. — David Platt

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up in the air. — Henry Ward Beecher

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement. — Mikheil Saakashvili

You have a case, Holmes?" I remarked. "The faculty of deduction is certainly contagious, Watson," he answered. "It has enabled you to probe my secret. Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I believe in the basics: attention to, and perfection of, tiny details that might be commonly overlooked. They may seem trivial, perhaps even laughable to those who don't understand, but they aren't. They are fundamental to your progress in basketball, business, and life. They are the difference between champions and near champions.
For example, at the first squad meeting each season, held two weeks before our first actual practice, I personally demonstrated how I wanted players to put on their socks each and every time: Carefully roll the socks down over the toes, ball of the foot, arch and around the heel, then pull the sock up snug so there will be no wrinkles of any kind. — John Wooden

No true power can be founded among men which does not depend upon the free union of their inclinations; and patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of the body politic to one end. — Alexis De Tocqueville

We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Hiking is sort of like strip poker: by the end, all the participants are hot, sweaty, and nearly naked, and the winner is the person who wore the most layers. — Winona Dimeo-Ediger

First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy. — Mikheil Saakashvili

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Making art in America is about saving one's soul. — Charles Simic

It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. — Mikheil Saakashvili

I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him. — Mikheil Saakashvili

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy. — Mikheil Saakashvili

There is one difference between a long life & a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last. — Audrey Hepburn

We cannot enter the monstrous schizophrenic morass of Nazi internecine intrigue; our minds cannot adapt. — Philip K. Dick

With the most powerful binoculars, I cannot see Alaska. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Those little age differentials, so crucial and so gross when we are young, erode. We end up belonging to the same category, that of the non-young. I've never much minded this myself. [p. 66] — Julian Barnes

There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder. — Allen Frances

We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of. — Mikheil Saakashvili

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century. — Mikheil Saakashvili

I promise not to become a source of shame for you. — Mikheil Saakashvili