“The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we're alone in the universe.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 116 of 204
“Nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan.”
“The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life.”
“Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.”
“I ignore all the doomsaying nonsense. I'm in a business where the odds of ever earning a living are a zillion to one, so I know itcan be done. I know the impossible can become possible.”
“Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.”
“France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.”
“Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the euro more than a currency and Europe more than a territory... In the next six months, we will talk a lot about political union, and rightly so. Political union is inseparable from economic union. Stronger growth and Euorpean integration are related issues. In both areas we will take concrete steps forward.”
“My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people think success is. I actually feel successful right now, even though I don't have an album out, or a video or a song on the radio, because I'm trying to be obedient to His will.”
“I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.”
“We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle.”
“The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.”
“Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.”
“There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment.”
“One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'”
“Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.”
“Ultimately, if you are doing great work, the money will come.”
“More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.”
“But what is opportunity to the man who can't use it?”
“To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.”