Shimon Peres Quotes

As president, I was more successful; I had more opportunity than as prime minister. Why? I didn't have the power to give orders, to command, but I had the opportunity to call people to volunteer. In my period of presidency, I never heard the word 'no.'

Shimon Peres

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: August 2, 1923 - September 28, 2016

Topics

OpportunityPowerPeopleWhyNever

Todd Rundgren is a genius, and I don't use that word a lot.

Jim Steinman

GeniusWordUseLotTodd

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

Angelina Jolie

PeopleWorldHandsComplicatedHead

At one time in Montana, our elected officials were literally bought and owned by companies.

Steve Bullock

TimeMontanaElected OfficialsOur

We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

Simon Hoggart

OpinionsWorthImportantSensitive

I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.

Tony Tan

GoodTeamForwardFoundationThink

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.

Robert A. Heinlein

ScienceScholarshipDifferenceFuzzy

I can't look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself.

Rory Bremner

ThinkingLookWithoutCookHimself

I'm a plant eater.

Roberto Burle Marx

PlantEater

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

Mary J. Blige

StrengthLiveMusicPowerPeopleMe

There's no unifying brand about me other than I'm a writer who shares my thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts are designed to help people, and other times, my thoughts are designed to change the political system and challenge those who need a good fight.

Mike Cernovich

ChangeGoodChallengeFightPeople

If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed.

Michael Patrick Jann

GoodSucceedYouPersonTryDecent

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

Josh Groban

ConfidenceSchoolPeopleHigh School

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