Singapore Quotes

• The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Dubai, Oil, India

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• Well, the questioner came from Singapore, which has perhaps the best economic record in the history of developing an economy. And therefore he referred to 15 percent per annum as modest. It's not modest, it's arrogant.

  Charlie Munger

  Records, Arrogant, Economic

  "1997 Annual Meeting". buffett.cnbc.com. May 5, 1997.

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• New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will be a lively and exciting place.. Our city will not only have depth, but also the richness of diversity. But above all, Singapore will a home for Singaporeans.

  Goh Chok Tong

  Change, Sports, Art

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• Singapore is a pretty fantastic place, and the race is always a challenge.

  Romain Grosjean

  Race, Challenges, Fantastic

  "Singapore GP: Romain Grosjean, Lotus - Q&A". Interview, www.crash.net. September 15, 2013.

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• Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

  Dan Buettner

  Asia

  Dan Buettner (2010). “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way”, p.101, National Geographic Books

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• We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Thinking, People, Mind

  The Straits Times, April 20, 1987.

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• Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.

  Nicolas Berggruen

  Strong, Emotional, Race

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• At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Successful, The End Of The Day, Ends

  "Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going". Book by Fook Kwang Han and Lee Kuan Yew, 2011.

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• If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Nannies, Proud

  "From Third World to First, The Singapore Story: 1965-2000". Book by Lee Kuan Yew, 2000.

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• Nobody in Singapore drinks Singapore Slings. It's one of the first things you find out there. What you do in Singapore is eat. It's a really food-crazy culture, where all of this great food is available in a kind of hawker-stand environment.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Travel, Crazy, Culture

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• Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Drinking, Self, Creative

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• The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Advice, Challenges, Needs

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• Perhaps Singapore could learn from us a more relaxed way of life.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Way, Relaxed

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• Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back of beyond. It was just a series of small tin sheds.

  David Attenborough

  Sweat, Tin, Hell

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• My loyalty is first and foremost, to the people of Singapore. It has always been so, and will always remain so.

  Ong Teng Cheong

  Loyalty, People, Firsts

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• I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.

  Jose Andres

  Dishes, Streets, Impressed

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• If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I would not have the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their interests.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Doubt, Done, Authority

  Radio Interview in 1960. "South-East Asia: A Political Profile". Book by Damien Kingsbury, p. 337, 2001.

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• Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy

  Peter L. Berger

  Running, Long, Democracy

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• I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Mistake, Believe

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• Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Integrity, Government

  Address To The General Assembly Of The International Press Institute At Helsinki Wednesday, June 9, 1971.

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• I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.

  Raymond Chandler

  Beer, Guy, Wake Up

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Simple Art of Murder”, p.115, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, People, Want

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• The ideas of individual supremacy and the right of free expression, when carried to excess, have not worked. They have made it difficult to keep America society cohesive. Asia can see it is not working.. In America itself, there is widespread crime and violence, old people feel forgotten, families are falling apart. And the media attacks the integrity and character of your leaders with impunity, drags down all those in authority and blames everyone but itself.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Integrity, Fall, Character

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• The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

  Howard Gardner

  Country, Teacher, Japan

  "The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2011.

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• I'm completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It's the most cutting-edge agency in the world. They have very effective guidelines for development, and they review design as it evolves.

  Moshe Safdie

  Taken, Cutting, Agency

  "Toronto should be more like Singapore, Moshe Safdie says". Interview with Lisa Rochon, www.theglobeandmail.com. April 08, 2011.

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