Quotes About Stability

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

I am a big believer in balance.

Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

I'm not a big fan of moving from city to city.

I have the same friends that I've had for 15 years. I think also, just by having each other, as soon as one of us gets a big head, we shoot the other one down.

Not bipolar, but I lean towards manicness and then lowness.

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.

Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.

I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

I want to be one of those guys that is not bouncing around from team to team.

My parents are not people who would want to rock the boat. They wouldn't break the law.

Bands should never break up.

Algeria is not breaking up.

I am like a brick.

The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

Coming from a broken home, I wanted to be as sure as I could be that my kids would have two parents who will stay together and bring them up.

A one-year budget doesn't mean the government won't last, and a two-year budget doesn't mean it will.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

Neither politics of chaos and anarchy has succeeded earlier and nor will succeed in future.

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

There is no coincidence that stability brings success, and success brings stability.