Quotes About Indonesia

Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor.

Indonesia Mengajar offers a similar empowerment platform through education. It rigorously selects the country's top graduates, asking them to forgo potentially high-paying jobs in favor of teaching in remote village schools for one year.

Based on a survey by MarkPlus Insight in 2015, about 74 percent of Indonesian women managed all the family finances—controlling even the income of their spouses—although only 51 percent of them were working.

I have learned that Indonesians love ballads and I also like ST12 songs.

The sophisticates of Java, the traders of Sumatra, the peasants from the outer islands found no common ground. During siesta time from one to five, the Islamic group met separately, the Nationalist group met separately, the Federalist and Unitarians met separately.

setiap pejuang bisa kalah dan terus-menerus kalah tanpa kemenangan, dan kekalahan itulah gurunya yang terlalu mahal dibayarnya. Tetapi biarpun kalah, selama seseorang itu bisa dinamai pejuang dia tidak akan menyerah. Bahasa Indonesia cukup kaya untuk membedakan kalah daripada menyerah (Prahara Budaya, h. 187)

Saya masih berpendapat bahwa Multatuli besar jasanya kepada bangsa Indonesia, karena dialah yang menyadarkan bangsa Indonesia bahwa mereka dijajah. Sebelumnya, di bawah pengaruh Jawanisme, kebanyakan orang Indonesia bahkan tidak merasa bahwa mereka dijajah.

Sejak zaman kompeni, Aceh punya keberanian individu, Jawa punya keberanian kelompok. Beda sekali.

Jawanisme dan kolonialisme Jawa sudah bertindak jauh lebih brutal terhadap penduduk yang tinggal di Negara kepulauan yang luas ini daripada yang dulu dilakukan oleh penguasa penjajah asing .

I've often heard people say, "Your country is beautiful, a virtual paradise." When will the people of Indonesia be as beautiful as their land, with a civilization and culture that contributes to the greater beauty of humankind and no longer smothers and strangles the mind?

Ibuku tinggal di sarang. Ini bukan rumah. Di negeri matahari ini, bahkan sinar matahari dia tidak kebagian!

Dongeng adalah medium terindah dalam tradisi lisan nusantara.

Tiap pemuda Indonesia bisa melakukan segala perjuangan dan pekerjaan kalau dia mau - Pak Komandan

Uang Jaya! Jaya! Seratus Jepang, satu republik, uang jaya - Kakek Mo

Saya sendiri tidak mengerti yang sebenarnya tentang peraturan adat secara lengkap, Ngama. Tapi kenyataannya Ngama Hinolong dan Katcodin sendiri juga ada gambarnya. Malah bicara Indonesia baik. Mengapa kita tak bisa? Adat untuk kita semua.

Virtually everything we were told in Indonesia turned out not to be true, sometimes almost immediately. The only exception to this was when we were told that something would happen immediately, in which case it turned out not to be true over an extended period of time.

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.

I wouldn't really call myself a spokesman for anything. All I wanna do is inspire young people everywhere - not just Indonesia.

There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters of 'The Act Of Killing.'

Indonesia has beautiful hikes, surfing, and private beaches. It's pretty incredible.

I grew up overseas in Indonesia, and my school had a great art, music, and theatre program.

It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.