Abdullahi Mohamed Quotes & Sayings

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power. — Bruce Lee

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all.
~Shuhei Hisagi — Tite Kubo

For every mistake is a lesson and for every lesson learned is victory. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

Confidence comes from what you know and not from you don't know. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

Security is the whore in me that never lets me fly — Heather Nova

When knowledge becomes overwelming, go back to the basics — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

Fury reigns down on those who ignore in the wisdom of fear itself. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had to have been placed in its orbit centuries before in a trajectory that would make it appear at that special moment of time to announce the birth of a special child. Just as there is divine design in the universe, so each of us has been placed in our own orbits in this life to love, to serve, to help light the world. — Neal A. Maxwell

He that can swim needs not despair to fly; to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air if you can renew any impulse upon it faster than the air can recede from the pressure ... — Samuel Johnson

I find it more comfortable to say I'm an atheist, and for that I probably have someone like Dawkins to thank. — Jim Al-Khalili

There is really one city for everyone just as there is one major love. — Dawn Powell

What is worrisome about that is the U.S. standard of living. I think it is very difficult to envision our standard of living being preserved if we are in an economy where all people do is flip hamburgers, wait on people in stores, and sue each other. It's not much of a basis for an economy. — Wilbur Ross

She did not look at the daffodils. They didn't mean anything. She looked at the daffodils. She said, 'Thank you for the daffodils. — H.D.

People believe that Noah's Ark is a legend when we are already apart of this legend, look around what do you see? — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

It's better to use science to apply science than to use common sense to apply a great idea. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

You really don't want to go to court and have the judge decide based on whether or not they're your friend, because you don't want to be thinking that the (judge's) friend is on the other side (of the court case). — Steven Pacey

Why do girls always fall for guys with the attention span of drosophila? — Rachel Cohn

Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size. — George Burns

While knowledge is powerful it should be approached with the utmost respect and caution. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do. — Warren G. Bennis

It is in the tiny struggles of individual peoples that the great movements of history are most truly revealed. — Rosa Luxemburg

Confidence doesn't come from what you think you know, it comes from what you already know. — Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed Mirre

In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent. — Jerry McNerney