Dambisa Moyo Quotes

We've reached a very low-level equilibrium where it's not clear whose interest it is in to develop Africa... It's not in the interest of those in the aid industry to develop Africa because then there'd be no more industry and 500,000 people would lose their jobs. The only people whose interest it is in is Africans, but they have no voice.

Dambisa Moyo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: February 2, 1969

Topics

PeopleVoiceLoseAfricaMoreClear

Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.

John Burnside

BeautifulMeDangerousSometimes

I am 58. That is pretty old, for God's sake. I look pretty good for my age, and I am enjoying that.

Jerry Hall

GoodGodAgeI AmLookOld

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Anais Nin

HumanContactRareHuman BeingBeing

Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel.

Amy Cuddy

TrustTravelIdeasInfluenceThrough

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

Tony Randall

GoodTheatreDaysUniversitiesMany

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

WomenRespectChallengeMenI Am

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.

Joyce Carol Oates

HopeExperienceListeningReading

One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii.

Diane Greene

LifeMy LifeHawaiiPorchLived

We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you can be a victim of it anywhere and anytime.

Clemantine Wamariya

PerspectiveYouMatterHatredNeed

I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.

Boris Trajkovski

DailyVisionPeaceI AmPeople

When I came to New York as a writer, I was taken with the idea that you're only getting in on bridges and ferries and through tunnels. The idea behind 'Takedown' is that it would be very hard to get out.

Brad Thor

New YorkBridgesYouNewHardOut

If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.

Anne Beatts

CriticismBetterYouMoviesKind

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