English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

Lakhdar Brahimi quote: "Afghanistan is a land-locked country."

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

Lakhdar Brahimi

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

David Brock quote: "Eventually the story would spill over into the regular media."
Eventually the story would spill over into the regular media. David Brock
Well, when I was younger, in high school, I started out smoking pot. Which escalated into taking acid on a regular basis, which escalated into selling acid. And then I started, when I went to college, I started doing opiates. John Wozniak
The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and... Stephen King
Cornelia Funke quote: "My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10."
My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10. Cornelia Funke
Paul Giamatti quote: "I don't think film actors need training, really."
I don't think film actors need training, really. Paul Giamatti
Richard Thompson quote: "I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into..."
I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. Richard Thompson
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by..."
Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. Emile M. Cioran
Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on. Jo Brand
Daniel Defoe quote: "Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than..."
Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself. Daniel Defoe
Dan Rather quote: "Only votes talk, everything else walks."
Only votes talk, everything else walks. Dan Rather
I have always noticed that people who live in the practice of vice think the servants of God ought not to allude to things so coarse! We are allowed to denounce the sins of the man in the moon and the vices of savages in the middle of Africa—but as to the everyday vices of this city of London—if we put our finger upon them in God’s name, then straightway someone cries, “It is indelicate to allude to these things! Charles Spurgeon
Sheena Easton quote: "Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few..."
Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous. Sheena Easton
Creighton Abrams quote: "You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I..."
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. Creighton Abrams
Perhaps someone will have seen mine, the one I’m waiting for, just as I saw him, in a ditch when his hands were making their last appeal and his eyes no longer could see. Someone who will never know what that man was to me; someone whose name I’ll never know. Marguerite Duras
Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument. Leon Kass