2019 - The most memorable Quotes of the year

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2019 - The most memorable Quotes of the year

No one is above the law, everybody ought to be held accountable.

Pete Buttigieg

We will never declare a ceasefire. We are not worried about any sanctions.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (as President of Turkey) - about war in North-Syria

It is inevitable that people around the world - including from America and China - will have different viewpoints over different issues. It is not the role of the NBA to adjudicate those differences. However, the NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say on these issues.

Adam Silver (as NBA Commissioner) - October 2019

This week, the President has admitted to asking the President of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically. The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the President's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. Today, I am announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.

Nancy Pelosi (as Speaker of the US House of Representatives) - September 2019

For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.

Greta Thunberg (Climate activist) - September 2019, Rede beim UN Klimagipfel

Conservation & Environment Protection

We all have a choice. We can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations. Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.

Greta Thunberg (Climate activist)

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Conservation & Environment Protection Fridays for Future

He needs no advice. He is the right man for the job.

Donald Trump - about Boris Johnson

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.

Hannah Arendt

We will leave the EU on 31 October, deal or no deal. The way to get a good deal is to prepare for a no deal.

Boris Johnson - Mai 2019

This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.

This is my charge to everyone: We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We gotta listen more, and talk less. We gotta know that this is everybody's responsibility.

Megan Rapinoe - nach dem Finalsieg der Frauen Fußball Weltmeisterschaft 2019

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

Stewart Udall

Iran should not confuse American restraint with a lack of American resolve.

Mike Pence (as Vice President of the United States) - Juli 2019

As you guys might expect, this is my final home game, I put you guys on a heck of a ride with a lot of ups and downs in my career and you always supported me and I appreciate it.

Dirk Nowitzki

Basketball Dallas Mavericks

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The leaders of the free world keep lowering their standards and authoritarians keep taking more territory. Eventually people wake up and ask why Putin murders in the UK or hacks in the US. Why wouldn’t he? You didn’t stop him before.

Garry Kasparov

Vladimir Putin 2018

We have nothing to fear and that is the reason why we should only accept a clean and clear Brexit, not some fudge.

Nigel Farage - September 2018

2000 was 20 years ago... which is really weird because 1980 was also 20 years ago.

2020 Gen Y / Millennials Gen X

What did I learn in 2021? I learned that nobody learned anything in 2020.

Penn Parker in Death to 2021

Everytime someone says 2020 can't get worse the entire universe responds with "Bet".

Even as we reflect on this darkest of years, we can see light ahead.

Nicola Sturgeon - New Year Eve’s address 2020/21

Years from now - we're gonna be like: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022...
"Hey, you missed..."
"No! We don't talk about that one anymore."

To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.

William Barr - December 2020

Okay, that's enough 2020. It's time for 2021.

I sincerely wish him all the best and am happy to work together with President Biden.

Angela Merkel - November 2020

Joe Biden 2020 US Elections

In The Matrix, 1999 is described as the peak of human civilization and I laughed about that. But then the next 24 years happened now I'm like, "yeah, maybe the machines had a point."

The Matrix 2000s 2010s

In 40 years, our kids are going on a 2010s party, carrying E-Cigarettes, Fidget Spinners, greet themselves with dabs and shoot dog-selfies.

"So we're now going into the year 2020?"
"Yes."
"That means... 2010 has been 10 years ago?"
"Nope. Impossible."

The 2010s were a wild ride: selfies, Brexit, Gangnam Style. We all loved, hated, and laughed through it all. From fidget spinners to TikTok trends, the decade was full of surprises. But hey, at least we had enough memes to wipe away our tears of laughter. Here's to the 2020s, let's see what the next funny trend will be!

In the 2010s, as technology changed and the Internet flourished, a revolution took place. People from all over the world connected, thoughts were shared, knowledge expanded. Yet, not everything was as it seemed. Fake news and manipulation increased, and society became divided. Thus, the glorious hopes that once filled people's hearts faded away.

Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza. The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.

Greta Thunberg - Oktober 2023

Middle East Conflict

Change the System! Not the Climate!

Conservation & Environment Protection Fridays for Future

Brexit Analogy; We've all been on a night out with a mate who says, "it's shit here - let's go somewhere else." Then, when you leave, you realise he has no idea where to go and the place you left won't let you back in. The United Kingdom is standing in a kebab shop at 2 am, arguing about whose fault it is.

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Brexit Doner Kebab

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

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Tolerance Kindness

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

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I am a Democrat because I believe in protecting freedom, fairness, families, and the future.

Pete Buttigieg - December 2016

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew - 7,12

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You mention "Tayfun" and the Greek becomes nervous.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - December 2022, on Turkish claims on Greek islands

I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures.

Mesut Özil

If the threat is jihadism - and it is - and the threat is the destruction of Syria so that all of these refugees are swamping into Europe and changing the whole character and politics of Europe, this is the time to unite to find a way out.

John F. Kerry

We have temporarily suspended our season in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hiatus will last at least 30 days and we intend to resume the season, if and when it becomes safe for all concerned.

Adam Silver (as NBA Commissioner) - March 2020

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

We commend Taiwan for being one of the freest societies in the world.

Nancy Pelosi - August 2022

We can't save the world by playing by the rules. Because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.

Greta Thunberg - 24 November 2018, TEDxStockholm

Fridays for Future Rules

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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