"GEJ is the only president in recent years who did not allocate a single oil bloc to anybody, not to talk of himself. And these are the areas where you can tell corruption in its true colour. He did not allocate oil bloc to himself, family or friends up till now. He also did not give a single marginal field to himself or anybody else even though he is the only president that comes from the Niger Delta where the oil is coming from."

-- Nuhu Ribadu

#Years Quotes #Oil Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The word â€œbusyâ€ is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all youâ€™re going to find is a man who didnâ€™t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.”
“To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.”
“Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.”

Source : Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.424, Penguin
“Somebody would come in and say, I never take a good picture. I'd say, Why not? You've got two eyes, a nose, and a mouth like everybody else.”
“My life in Greece influenced what I am. My father was in the left because he was against the king and his family, who had created a war against the Turks at the beginning of the last century to revive the Byzantine Empire. For three years, there was fighting, and all my father's friends died. So he hated the royal family.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“One of the realities for women writers is that sometimes you'll start strong, but as you see people go up the ladder, working in their literary lives, getting prizes and awards and the better teaching gigs, women tend to sort of drop away.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“See in what peace a Christian can die.”
“I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.”

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