Quotes:Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations: as long as you have not shown it to be 'uneconomic' you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper (Small is beautiful, 1973)
View quotes by E F SchumacherToday, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.
View quotes by Pope John Paul IIConsciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
View quotes by Mahatma GandhiDavid transcends the sport and is a cultural icon. David is clearly one of the most recognisable athletes in the world. People are going to feel really good about David Beckham spending the rest of his career in the US.
View quotes by Frank YallopIn the days that follow, look at our airports, look at our seaports, and look at our railway stations. And even after your cowardly attacks, people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil their dreams and achieve their potential
View quotes by Ken LivingstoneIndividuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
View quotes by William JamesHis Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom and mutual respect among the world's religions.
View quotes by Kofi AnnanThere are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?
View quotes by Sir Roger L'EstrangeWith electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a 'crystal set' and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.
View quotes by Theodore H WhiteWhittle was an amazing chap. Tiny, stubborn, unstoppable - jet-propelled! It's amazing the impact his invention has had upon the world. [on Frank Whittle]
View quotes by Adam-Hart DavisStephen Jones is a world-class player now, a very good goal-kicker, a good kicker from hand and navigates the team well
View quotes by Graham HenryThe Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.
View quotes by Baron Pierre De CoubertinAnd New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
View quotes by Ezra PoundToday we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
View quotes by Lin YutangThe lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.
View quotes by Charles BaudelaireEcommerce is changing the world of business, and how we think about doing business. As ever the small businesses have made the most of the technology whilst the big businesses, even now, are usually very poor in the online market.
View quotes by AnonymousIn those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.
View quotes by Ethan AllenI think you had better get somebody else to listen to it because I wasn't impressed with it at all. It's not loud and it's not the sort of song that you would want to sing and it's not the tune that you would want to listen to. [on Embrace world cup song]
View quotes by Jack CharltonIt does sound like a science fiction story and I may sound like one of these guys who walks up and down with a sandwich board saying the end of the world is nigh, but the end is nigh...
View quotes by Lembit OpikI always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.
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