Muhammad Yunus Quotes

Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.

Muhammad Yunus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: June 28, 1940

Topics

PeaceAngerSocietyPovertyHuman

A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.

Joan Kirner

WomenTruthPoliticsMeThinkYou

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S.military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.'

John F. Kelly

WomanManBootsCountryDangerous

Everyone seems to ask me the same 10 questions, and high on the list is, 'What pans should I be cooking with and why?'

Andrew Zimmern

CookingMeQuestionsWhyAskHigh

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

John Maynard Keynes

OthersInvestingSuccessful

All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.

Sue Monk Kidd

LifeLiveLovedHouseWallWrite

You can only give someone your best opinion.

Trevor Jackson

BestOpinionSomeoneYouGiveYour

I really enjoy playing a challenging role.

Millie Bobby Brown

EnjoyPlayingRoleReally

Fitness really changed my life.

Jon Jones

LifeFitnessMy LifeChangedReally

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

Draymond Green

ChampionToo MuchTalkGuyHeMuch

I certainly feel I'm carrying the flag for Britain. I feel an honour in that but, at the same time, knowing my roots are in Africa, I'd like that to help motivate people from there. Even coming from a third world country, it is possible to get to the top of wherever they want to be.

Chris Froome

TimePeopleRootsWorldFeelHelp

A friend in need is a pest.

Bobby Heenan

FriendNeedPest

I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That's really basic, and that's how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland.

Anton Corbijn

WorkLightsGoMeetPhotographTake

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