Community Quotes

"Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in it"

Slobodan Milosevic, Criminal

"I would say to young physicians that the more you intentionally improve the lives of the people in the community you serve the better your life will be and the greater your value will be to the community"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change"

Tony Campolo, Clergyman

"I have this problem in the rebirthing community because it's so powerful sometimes, I get thrown out because people want to do things a certain way and they are just not open to new ideas, so they don't want me to come around"

Leonard Orr, Celebrity

"I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad"

Leonard Boswell, Politician

"I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Actor

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

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politician

"There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it"

Moshe Katsav, Statesman

"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime"

Moshe Katsav, Statesman

"I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more"

Jon Secada, Musician

"If you have a busy natural foods store in your community, give their bulk cornmeal a try: high turnover means the product will most likely be fresh. And if the cornmeal is organic, all the better"

Jeremy Jackson, Actor

"And what I am trying to say to them that through our ads and through our discussions is if you don't want us in your community, that's your choice, but don't say it's because of wages"

Lee Scott, Businessman

"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers"

Howard Thurman, Educator

"Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community"

Said Musa, Statesman

"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic"

Tony Campolo, Clergyman

"Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children"

Richard MacDonald, Sculptor

"Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in"

Peter Fonda, Actor

"I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages"

Jon Secada, Musician

"The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view"

Paul Farmer, Educator

"We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime"

Roger Daltrey, Musician

"I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people"

Tony Greig, Athlete

"The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community"

Otto Schily, Public Servant

"The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa"

Otto Schily, Public Servant

"I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves"

Pam Grier, Actress

"People are looking to have more meaning in their lives. It is a sign the technology community is coming of age"

John Doerr, Businessman

"Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map"

Silvan Shalom, Politician

"One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff"

John Poindexter, Public Servant

"However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another"

Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant

"However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

"Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community"

Marilyn Hacker, Poet

"The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that"

Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant

"So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players"

Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant

"The Security Council decided to deal with Iran's nuclear intentions. The international community will not be willing to tolerate an Iran with a nuclear capability and an Iran that collaborates with terrorist organizations"

Moshe Katsav, Statesman

"I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values"

Moshe Katsav, Statesman

"Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community"

Tobias Wolff, Writer

"I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives"

Randy Harrison, Actor

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning"

Mitch Albom, Writer

"Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community"

Robin Hayes, Politician

"Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active"

Lee Haney, Athlete

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