Olympic Torch Relay Quotes

#1. Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay.

Martin Jacques

#2. Are you putting on airs?

Masha Gessen

#3. There was a period when I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I didn't care what lie I had to tell.

Jack Nicholson

#4. At some level it's still hard for me to admit that my father died. I can talk about it and around it, but those two words. 'He died.' What can that possibly mean? That I won't get to hear his voice again?

Jennifer Grant

#5. They're making me call myself Charles."

Thomas shook his head. "Well, that's lame. We're going to call you Chuck.

James Dashner

#6. Nobody has any business to use the word "progress" unless he has a definite creed and a cast-iron code of morals.

G.K. Chesterton

#7. There is another reality, beyond what we see with our eyes. You have to feel your way into that reality with your heart. There is no other way.

Gregory David Roberts

#8. I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.

Flo Rida

#9. Maybe if we all just tried to put pieces back together as soon as they fell out of place, the puzzles in our lives would feel more like an accomplishment than a chore

Megan Bostic

#10. The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.

Lakshmi Mittal

#11. Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#12. I don't like being left for long struggling with my dangerous self.

Hanif Kureishi

#13. While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights)

S.J. Rozan

#14. The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.

Pope Francis

#15. What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.

Win Butler

#16. When I started out, I wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel. But I didn't have the content.

James Rosenquist