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Development Quotes


"The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states."


"The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause."


"We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans."


"The conclusion you can draw from these characteristics is that you have an uneven development of class activity and an uneven development of class consciousness in the working class."


"My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development."


"The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along."


"I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture."


"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."


"The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism."


"Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own."


"The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress."


"In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development."


"You need a vanguard organization in order to overcome the dangerous potential brought about by the uneven development of class militancy and class consciousness."


"Being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confidence in the storms of spring without fear that after them may come no summer."


"I wanted to feel that precision and control and then try to apply it to tele. That's what I've looked for in my gear development through the years, and today, tele is very precise, very high-performance."


"Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development."


"In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development."


"I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation."


"We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development."


"We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance."


"In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty."


"My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died."


"In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development."


"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."


"I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century."


"Just as characteristic, perhaps, is the intellectual interdependence created through the development of the modern media of communication: post, telegraph, telephone, and popular press."


"Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend."


"I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest."


"We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel."


"The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back."


"We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs."


"Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit."


"It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain."


"Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means- speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point - to accelerate revolutionary development."


"By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being."


"The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers."


"It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being."


"It is incumbent on us to facilitate the development of a market structure that best assures that these changes benefit the U.S. securities markets as a whole."


"I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation."


"The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in its development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever it has to make an important decision."


"The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief."


"Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development."



"As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development."


"Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development."


"We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire."


"I'm doing comedy development at National Lampoon."


"It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show."


"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."


"I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development."


"Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development."
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