Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Quotes

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: italian
Birth: December 9, 1920

Topics

Best World System Fragile United

People ask me about staying here. I think they assume that I wouldn't want to come back to a place like Mississippi, which is so backward and which frustrates me a lot. The responsibility that I feel to tell these stories about the people and the place that I'm from is what pulls me back.

Responsibility People Me Think Feel

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.

Talent Genius Seeing Things Straight

I'm constantly surprised when people say, 'But you haven't changed!' It's like saying, 'You've got a wheel. Now why don't you make it a square?'

People Saying You Say Wheel Why

I've always wanted to shoot a good percentage for my team, because I'm the point guard, and I can take fewer shots, still score more, so that I can get my teammates feeling good about themselves. That was always my feeling - that if I shoot a high percentage, I don't have to shoot a ton.

Good Team Feeling Good Feeling I Can

In my opinion, it's only logical that you have to be on the pitch and playing as often as possible to develop further. That's just an absolute basic requirement.

Opinion You Possible Playing Just

Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach - her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco. The red sequins on her guitar match the ones on her microphone, her shoes and 80 percent of the crowd.

Live Shoes Red Game Guitar Reach

If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales.

Peace World Sales Up Going Staying

Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.

Swami Vivekananda

Goal Stop Awake Reached Arise Until

When I would visit my octopus friend, Octavia, at New England aquarium, usually she would look me in the face, flow right over to see me, and flush red with emotion when she took my arms in hers. Often when I'd stroke her she'd turn white beneath my touch, the colour of a relaxed octopus.

Friend Red Me Face Look White

When you grow up, you think everything you own is going to be designer. Not true. Most of the stuff I own is high-street. I love mixing it up; it's so beautifully made nowadays, and the quality is of such a high standard, and let's be honest: everybody loves a bargain.

Poppy Delevingne

Love Quality Think Grow You True

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.

Father Want Airport Through Kids

Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.

Day Learn Every Day Watch Something

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi