1,044 Quotes About Africa

You hope with playing South Africa first, you can start well and get on a roll. This has the potential to become a big thing in our country and pick up steam. We're not just sending a bunch of guys into it. We've got proven major leaguers on this roster.

Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.

Once a disease like AIDS reaches the kind of proportions we see in sub-Saharan Africa it is no longer a disease, it is a disaster, ... Such a widespread disease destroys the work force and shatters the economy.

When we go to South Africa it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and nail us. They have to expect Australian crowds to nail them but the racist stuff is not on. I am disappointed that has happened, if it has, and hopefully it stops.

He's in Africa - Ethiopia - drilling wells for people.

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.

I was at South Africa at the time in Johannesburg. We knew he was going in for a medical check for his Colon. They found polyps but they said it was benign but they wanted to do a biopsy.

Learning from your heroes increases your information retention. And these soccer players in Africa are the heroes in their community.