Fiscal Federalism Quotes

#1. Corruption is an inevitable by-product of the present structure of Nigeria's federalism. Once we restructure the polity into a true fiscal federalism, everything else will simply fall into place. Until then, corruption remains as official as it is legal in Nigeria.

Tony Osborg

#2. There is at least one advantage to being an Indonesian citizen: With this country's expanse of land and even greater expanse of sea, it's not difficult finding space for one's grave.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

#3. I had to bite back a laugh. "Cary Taylor. Loving you isn't a character defect."
Chapter 12, pg 213

Sylvia Day

#4. The biggest lie," he said, "is, The Internet is about you." We like to think of ourselves as people who have choice and taste and personalized content. But the Internet isn't about us. It's about the companies that dominate the data flows of the Internet." Now

Jon Ronson

#5. My brother said this to him, tapping his own forehead with his fingertips: "If you think this laboratory is bad, you should see what it's like in here." And so on. ***

Kurt Vonnegut

#6. It's curious that children can either be expert liars or utterly incapable of hiding their emotions, and the classification changes from minute to minute.

Drew Hayes

#7. An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Jules Renard

#8. The fact of our salvation being not something, but Someone, produces
quietness of spirit and an unshakable confidence.

Herbert Lockyer

#9. He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.

Therese Of Lisieux

#10. I am a misanthropic humanist ... Do I like people? They're great, IN THEORY.

Bill Hicks

#11. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade away until they simply no longer matter.

Wm. Paul Young

#12. I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Sophocles

#13. When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

David Antin

#14. Just as there are primary colors from which all of the others come forth when they're combined, so there are primary vibratory qualities of energy and light within us.

Frederick Lenz