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People Quotes by Henning Mankell
- Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It…
- Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.
- It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans,…
- Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.
- An oppressed people will always rise.
- Although I never marched through the streets shouting for Mao, I do believe that the liberation of China at the end of the 1940s was…
- Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite…
- I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that…
- Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.
- Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
- Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as…
- People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.
- My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not…
- The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover, they have not lost their will…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle