All Quotes

"Our national development plan for 2016–2020 now incorporates the concept of environment and climate change."

"All these examples demonstrate the Ivorian government’s determination to implement the commitments made under the Paris Agreement."

"Our universities and major schools have all directed their research toward climate change and sustainable development."

"We have a science and innovation hub within Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, which serves as a true incubation center connecting businesses and innovations."

"We also have skilled researchers who help farmers better manage their crops according to the seasons."

"It is essential that we ensure high quality technological training and scientific research."

"Our forest cover has been reduced by more than 80% in half a century."

"For our research to have a real impact on society, it is important that funding be better directed toward issues of environment, climate change, food security, and water resources."

"We are already organized within CAMES, which brings together 19 countries and several universities, with 12 thematic research programs on agriculture, health, technology, and climate change."

"It is important that these programs receive financial support to meet expectations."

"This is why we believe that the ERC (European Research Council) model would allow us to make significant progress."

"The aim is to prioritize scientific excellence and innovation."

"Peers will evaluate the research programs and provide funding to enable research teams to carry out their work."

"In the same way as the European Union, we believe that the African Union, which already has programs, could bring them together coherently within an African Research Council."

"This high-level seminar allowed me to establish contacts."

"But we already have the support of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), whose research and education division sent us a message expressing its interest."

"We do not have funding at the moment, but we believe we will obtain some."

"If we are organized, if we have visibility, with research programs and clear indicators to achieve, this will attract development aid and the private sector."

"At Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan, we established, four years ago, a scientific and innovation project that hosts research units in biopesticides and phytomedicines."

"After demonstrating our capacity to set up a phytomedicine production unit and a biopesticide unit, we gained the support of the World Bank, CIRAD, and IRD."

"If we request that this African Research Council take into account the research themes of CAMES, which are already very advanced, it will help attract funding."

"One of the biggest weaknesses of the Chilean society is the fragility of the family. And the Churches have no doubt a primary responsibility in this area, as well as the entire country. We should all show more love and more respect towards this institution."

"The people of Chile have repeatedly proven to be up to the challenges it has to face. We have the opportunity to make bold and decisive steps towards building a more equal and inclusive society for everyone, especially for those who have historically been left on the sidelines. Let’s not miss this wonderful opportunity that the Lord is giving us."

"Ambition is a beautiful thing, but it can quietly rob you of the joy in the present moment"

"If you’re building something, chasing something, remember: it's okay to rest in the moment. You’re living the part of the story you once dreamed about."

"Risks do not kill startups. More often, they are undone by a lack of focus emanating from founders chasing too many ideas, teams pivoting without direction and the obsession with vanity metrics over genuine product-market fit."

"If crypto is coherently integrated into Nigeria’s formal financial system, the benefit would ripple across multiple sectors. The most immediate gains would be seen in fintech, payments, SMEs and the broader digital economy. Crypto infrastructure reduces settlement friction, enables programmable finance and opens alternative funding pathways for businesses."

"Proper licensing protects consumers by enforcing minimum standards for custody, security, transparency and operational conduct, while providing clear legal recourse."

"Nigeria can convert crypto activity into measurable value by formalizing the ecosystem through licensing, reporting standards and financial integration."

"When tax rules are clear, proportional, and applied through licensed entities, compliance becomes simple and natural."

"Nigeria does not need to replicate any model wholesale, instead, we need a locally grounded framework that aligns with global standards while reflecting domestic realities."

"Beyond revenue, crypto offers Nigeria a strategic opportunity to build human capital and exportable digital expertise. It supports high-skill job creation in blockchain engineering, cybersecurity, compliance, data analytics and financial education."

"(About q:it:Angelo Izzo) The meritorious law should apply to those of sound mind. In 1980, I said that he would kill again and that he had to be prevented from doing so. Then he pretended to repent, making delusional statements. Because of him, we may have two more victims, who died like those in Circeo."

"The Monster of Florence is still alive and his human trophies are in a house"

"The identikit [of the Monster of Florence] was that of a person of good socio-cultural standing, unlike Pacciani, who was a farmer, uncouth, uneducated, intelligent, cunning but certainly not of high standing, or of average socio-cultural standing."

"The monster is a man of remarkable intelligence and culture, of remarkable ability, who may also have done something to throw investigators off the trail."

"I knew Pacciani personally, I was his defence counsel, and I will never believe that Pacciani is guilty."

"In Italy today, more people die in the family than from the Mafia."

"I believe that studying alone is not enough to do a job like mine... you have to have a natural aptitude for it, meaning you need to possess a set of qualities that no training program can ever guarantee. Memory, intuition, observation skills, a certain amount of “thick skin,” dialectics, the ability to synthesize... and courage. Either you have all this or you don't. The rest you can learn along the way... obviously, that's my point of view."

"Italy does not need to import rapists because, according to statistics, only 10% of sexual assaults are committed by foreigners. Over 90% of rapists are Italian, and the victims are women known to their attackers. Incidents where a maniac attacks a random woman and assaults her are very rare. The problem is that, in most cases, when rape is committed by someone known to the victim, only 2 out of 10 cases are reported and, often due to fear or shame, these do not reach the media."

"I don't sue easily, but you have to protect yourself."

"For twenty years, I have been dealing with the worst of the worst that one human being can do to another, and it is difficult to reconcile a trusting view of the world with what I have seen done to other human beings. We are a terrible species, we are the worst species that exists on the face of the Earth. I don't know if a higher entity exists, but if it did, I would have some suggestions for better managing the situation."

"Women judge me more than men do. When they ask me why I don't have children, I answer, ‘Because I don't want them.’ And they always look at me as if I were some kind of alien. Perhaps it has been my best choice so far in terms of my life path. I don't think it's a choice that others necessarily have to agree with, but it's my choice, my life, and only I can judge the value of that choice."

"I'm interested in looking at the interaction of Toxoplasma with goblet cells."

"[...] it happened in Veneto, one of the most productive and wealthy areas of the country, in what has been called the engine of Italy. It did not happen in a suburb of the South, catalogued with the usual blah-blah. [...] It is proof that violence and prejudice against women have nothing to do with what the usual four sociologists say. Here we are in the heart of the Northeast. There are villas, well-kept gardens, a world we thought was privileged. And happy. But no. We have money, but not happiness. There are young people who cannot distinguish between feelings: how can you talk about love when you make forty phone calls to a girl?"

"They are wrong to always justify their children. Are the kids doing badly at school? Poor things. Do they get a failing grade? It's the teachers' fault. Do they fail? Appeal to the TAR. We have created children who do not know frustration, who do not know that ‘no’ also exists."

"I'm not a magician, but I don't think it all happened that night; outbursts only happen in comic books. You don't become a wolf overnight."

"People need guidance, and when they can't find it, they invent it. We need an instruction manual for life. But then the instructions are so simple and obvious that one wonders: why don't people follow them? We're not talking about Einstein's insights here."

"Instead of playing with toy trains in the attic, he plays with satellites orbiting the Earth. He's as brilliant as Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. Now it seems to me that something is making him a little too euphoric... But when a man, from Caesar onwards, passing through Napoleon, thinks he wants to take over the world, at that precise moment he becomes something I don't like: a dictator. Sooner or later, some actor will re-enact the scene of Charlie Chaplin kicking the globe, this time dressed not as Hitler but as Musk."

"(About the television program Belve) What's interesting about it? They've never invited me, and I would never go. Fagnani may be cute, but it's the fault of those who make the program that they have to look for the time you slipped on a banana peel: pure desperation. And teenagers see that we are ruthless. The trash TV we talked about years ago was the precursor to this; now it's animalistic television, in fact they're called “Belve” (Beasts) and “Iene” (Hyenas). There's nothing human about it."