“The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I'm not running the country.” Quote by Jakaya Kikwete
“There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were imposing, and the difficulties that arose out of the implementation of those conditionalities.” GivingAdvicePolicyDifficultyDemonstrationRiotImposingImplementationImf Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“I don't like talking about 'solutions.' I prefer talking about intelligent responses.” TalkingSolutionsIntelligentResponse Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel.” RunningEasyWindIndustryFuelTouristsSuburbiaWind PowerBiodiesel Author:James Howard Kunstler
“When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking.” ThinkingHardCome UpStressedDelusionalThings That Are Hard Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression.” ThinkingMadeSufferingPowerfulEnvironmentAnxietyCynicalGeneratorSuburbia Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-Mart managed to install itself in the pantheon of American Dream icons, along with apple pie, motherhood, and Coca Cola.” HomeDreamTownsObviousMotherhoodDespiteDamageApplesVisibleAmerican DreamPieIconsDesolationCoca ColaApple PieHome TownPantheon Author:James Howard Kunstler
“If the Internet exists at all in the future, it will be on a much-reduced scale from what we enjoy today, and all the activities of everyday life are not going to reside on it.” IfsTodayEnjoyInternetActivityEverydayScalesEveryday LifeEnjoy Today Author:James Howard Kunstler
“My beef with the alt-fuel people is not the renewable or alt-fuel ideas themselves. Sooner or later, there's no question we're going to have to rely on them. For me, it's an issue of scale.” PeopleIdeasIssuesScalesRelyFuelSooner Or LaterBeef Author:James Howard Kunstler
“On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other.” PeopleHomeCareOrderResponsibilityDutyCitizensIncludingStoresObligationDestroyedChainsInsultDaily LifeDestroyingCeremonyPrompts Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.” MenLiteratureCharmDecoration Author:E. M. Forster