#afford

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#cannot #controllable #dimensions #economic forces #forces

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#allow #another #authorities #earth #next

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#afforded #been #changing #dramatically #i

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. ↗

— William Beveridge

#among #citizens #cultivate #democracy #dictators

My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays. ↗

— Joey Bishop

#doctor #i #once #operation #touched

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#against #available #balancing #cannot #conditions

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist. ↗

— Will Durant

#cannot #moralist #statesman

Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids. ↗

— Eric Braeden

#home #kids #many #people #raise

I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth. ↗

— Zach Braff

#always #because #encourage #i #i always

I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers. ↗

— Lance Burton

#also #always #books #came #chavez