#summit

After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required. ↗

— Rafael Correa

#am #americas #any #attend #begins

The biggest thing, and what I told some of the partners in the summit, was me thanking them for their constant support with everything that I've been through the last couple years on and off the court. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#biggest #biggest thing #constant #couple #court

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#meeting #only #place #succeed #summit

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

#great #great men #isolated #men #mountain

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#hope #i #impetus #millennium #nations

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#although #basis #contacts #defend #english

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#birds #came #dawn #did #does

I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#anniversary #bombings #cities #civil #civil society

I think tremendous change has taken place since the World Summit for Children in 1990. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#children #i #i think #place #since

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#expertise #group #help #hire #i