I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became a member of Parliament in Holland.

- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old.

- Dinaw Mengestu

Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place.

- Flea

I'm the first from Ethiopia getting 1500-meter world record; that is amazing.

- Genzebe Dibaba

In Ethiopia... you might find a seven-year-old expected to take 15 goats out into the fields for the whole day with only a chapati to eat and his whistle. Why are we so afraid to give our children responsibilities like this?

- Joanna Lumley

Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it even as we got the film out. The coverage destroyed the emperor's credibility.

- Jonathan Dimbleby

I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.

- Jack Kingston

I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

- Liya Kebede

The State of Israel failed in absorbing the Jews from Ethiopia.

- Moshe Kahlon

I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story.

- Meles Zenawi

Eritrea is hellbent on destabilising Ethiopia. It does not care who it sleeps with.

- Meles Zenawi