Abed Nadir Quotes & Sayings

We measure poverty by what I believe is a very, very crude concept. We actually measure poverty by trying to get some kind of an estimate of the minimum expenditures on food that are required to maintain health, multiplying that number by three, and saying that's the level of poverty. And it's a very crude, inaccurate arrangement. — Milton Friedman

The thing about the Lexington International Bank ladder was that it was very long, and climbing it was very exhausting, and so Andrew Brown didn't have a lot of time to think about whether he really wanted to get to the top of it - and besides, since so many other people were climbing too, the view from the top must be worth it.
So he kept going. He worked hard. He put his heart and mind and soul into it. There was an opening for a position half a rung higher than he already was. With a promotion, he might get two hours a week of a secretary's time. He'd go to more important meetings, with more senior people, and have the opportunity to impress them, and if he did he might be promoted again and then ... well, of course eventually he'd be running the whole office. It's important to have a dream: otherwise you might notice where you really are. — Naomi Alderman

Life is an infernal loop where the day before yesterday has merged with today, and yesterday has been jettisoned. We think we are moving forward in time, but we are always prisoners of the past. — Shan Sa

Some kids also think it makes them cool
When they pick on other kids, being cruel. — Christina Engela

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones. — Dorothy Dix

I do read licenses, and they aggravate me, but a computer isn't much good without software. When I need a product, I hold my nose and click 'agree.' — Barton Gellman

I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being a star. — Martin Freeman

We are in the middle of a world revolution, and I don't mean Communism. The revolution I'm talking about is that of the little, poor people all over the world. They're beginning to learn what there is in life, and to learn what they are missing. — George C. Marshall

To be honest, I consider my very sordid past a blessing; if only because it made my wonderful present - and my bright future - possible! — Karen E. Quinones Miller

Although every pain has different degrees of importance, I go through all of the emotions - from crying, anger, bitterness, anxiety, etc. Feel it all. But by the end of the day, I am on my knees in prayer. The next day, I get up refreshed and begin to let it go. — Renee Lawless

constant friends nor — Walter G. Andrews

The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life. - Jessica Hische — Austin Kleon

Reader, I ate him. — Glen Duncan

If she'd been a color, she would have been bright green. If she'd been a scent, she would have been new paper. She was happy and intelligent and afraid of nothing. — Sarah Addison Allen