Akcine Quotes & Sayings

The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them that the terrorists had left, that the terrorists had worn Israeli uniforms, that the terrorists had been sent into Chatila by Israeli officers, that the victims of the terrorists were not Israelis but Palestinians and Lebanese? — Robert Fisk

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave. — Kelly Slater

The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me. — Gautama Buddha

Leaders must be arrogant enough to believe they are worth following, but humble enough to know that others may have a better sense of the direction they should take. — Alan Murray

Here I am: My brain is open. — Paul Erdos

There are different opinions across the Middle East of Al-Jazeera. They've been kicked out of Egypt and Jordan and then let back in; they've been totally banned from Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria. — Jehane Noujaim

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States. — John Abizaid

In Tharoor's hands [the story of modern India] is transformed into Mahabharata magic ... Endlessly inventive, irreverent, wise, ingenious, ... it takes on at one level or another the entire panorama of modern India ... Energetic and eventful. — M.G. Vassanji

Used to be you could see the orange glow of the hi-intensity arc-sodiums from North Conway, but no more. Now there's just the White Mountains, looking like dark triangles of crepe paper cut out by a child, and the pointless — Stephen King

Whenever we tamper with natural laws, there are consequences," the count said. "The larger the disruption, the larger the consequence. — Maile Meloy

There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events. — Honore De Balzac

Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist! — Charles Studd

Life is not "either or," it's "both and" — Royce White

His skeptical silence made me shift uncomfortably. I felt like Aladdin, holding his hand out to Jasmine on the magic carpet. A ridiculous comparison under the given circumstances, and yet oddly apt. — Nenia Campbell