Abdirahman Hassan Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors. — Thomas Jefferson

71-hour Ahmed was not superstitious. He was substitious, which put him in a minority among humans. He didn't believe in the things everyone believed in but which nevertheless weren't true. He believed instead in the things that were true in which no one else believed. — Terry Pratchett

Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be. — Alafair Burke

In many cases hate a person is rooted in the involuntary estimate of its virtues. — Arthur Schopenhauer

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common. — Lyle Lovett

Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another. — Leonard Michaels

Tall as he is, there is no carrying the slope under his shirt as anything other than a loose gut, a paunch that in itself must weigh as much as a starving Ethiopian child. — John Updike