The Congo Quotes
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The Congo Quotes & Sayings
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When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Concrete can rot. It turns green and black before crumbling away.Maybe only people from Congo know that. — Eliot Schrefer
Bonobos, related to chimpanzees and native to the Congo, have been found to engage in French kissing.
— Karen Shanor
I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle.
— Sean Pertwee
I'm not interested in whether I'm better than you; only whether I'm better than yesterday.
— Mike Ormsby
Congo is one of the least-developed countries in the world, and has millions of acres of virtually untouched forest.
— Anderson Cooper
If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
— Dan Gertler
The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its founder.
— Leopold II Of Belgium
We came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.
— Alan Bennett
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action
— Richard Holbrooke
Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.
— Robin Wright
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
— Mo Ibrahim
There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.
— Paul Kagame
Nothing is going to change in congo until you and i figure out what is wrong with the person inside the mirror
— Donald Miller
between 1885 and 1908 the pursuit of growth and profits cost the lives of 6 million individuals (at least 20 per cent of the Congo's population).
— Yuval Noah Harari
My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.
— Dikembe Mutombo
The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.
— Anthony Bourdain
I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.
— Dikembe Mutombo
Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly all was dark.
— Tim Butcher
Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.
— Robert A. Heinlein
East DR Congo Faces Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis 4,450
— Alain De Botton
I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America.
— Cynthia McKinney
A stable and prosperous DRC is the victory of the World. Congo is a deciding factor for Africa's development whether we like it or not.
— Ahmed Padia Binkatabana
Poor Congo, barefoot bride of men who took her jewels and promised the Kingdom.
— Barbara Kingsolver
