Quote by Youssou NDour
I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the po

I look at my people, and I look at those who control them – the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people. – Youssou NDour

Other quotes by Youssou NDour

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken. – Youssou NDour

Category:
Attitude
Read Quote

My father used to tell me about how musicians dont have respect from people and he was afraid about my future. – Youssou NDour

Category:
respect
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
sad
category

Ive always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell. – Sherilyn Fenn

Category:
sad

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life. – Jerome K. Jerome

Category:
sad

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm. – Eliot Spitzer

Category:
sad

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. – Voltaire

Category:
sad

Random Quotes

My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness. – Kitty Kelley

Category:
Happiness

No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening. – David Jenkins

Category:
Glory

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid. – Harlan Miller

Category:
Marriage

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. – Maria Montessori

Category:
Happiness