„We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.“
Jean-Claude Juncker10
lucemburský politik 1954Podobné citáty
„If there must be decision by a close majority, then let the people step in and let it be their majority that decides.“
— Theodore Roosevelt American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858 - 1919
„We see the wisest, most intelligent people take steps in life, that we must shake our head over.“
— Adolph Freiherr Knigge German writer and Freemason 1752 - 1796
„Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.“
— Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
„I'm not a political singer. I don't know what the word means. People think I consciously decided to tell the world what was happening in South Africa. No! I was singing about my life, and in South Africa we always sang about what was happening to us — especially the things that hurt us.“
— Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist 1932 - 2008
As quoted in Denselow, Robin (16 May 2008)
„Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.“
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky Russian author 1821 - 1881
„Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
This comes from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, part 1, chapter 1.
„People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it’s the only way you’ll get anywhere. We’re not going to sit around and wait and just be happy if something turns up. We are ambitious. You have to be.“
— Thom Yorke English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter 1968
(in his first-ever interview, 1991) source http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=1991&cutting=10
„... feeling her helplessness. There was nothing worse. Most people lived under the illusion that they were in control of their lives, but that wasn't completely true. Yeah, you could decide what to have for breakfast and what to wear and all those little things, but as soon as you stepped out into the world, you were pretty much at the mercy of everyone else around you, and all you could do was hope that if they were having a bad day, they wouldn't decide to take it out on you.“
— Nicholas Sparks American writer and novelist 1965
Jennifer Romanello, Chapter 30, p. 323
