Alvard Petrosyan Quotes & Sayings

Our economy will not prosper as long as it is monopolised (by the government). The economy must be rid of monopoly and see competition, it must be freed of insider speculation, be transparent, all people must be aware of the statistics. If we can bring transparency to our economy, we can fight corruption. — Hassan Rouhani

When Heaven is going to give a great responsibility to someone, it first makes his mind endure suffering. It makes his sinews and bones experience toil, and his body to suffer hunger. It inflicts him with poverty and knocks down everything he tries to build. In this way Heaven stimulates his mind, stabilizes his temper, and develops his weak points. - The Book of Mencius (Chinese, 300 BC) — Timothy Keller

There would be more genuine rejoicing at the discovery of a complete new novel by Jane Austen than any other literary discovery, short of a new major play by Shakespeare. — Margaret Drabble

I love hats. On tour, it's difficult to stop in at a barber. It's good to have a hat nearby. — OMI

Be fruitful, and multiply. — Kurt Vonnegut

Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for. — John Prine

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world. — David Brainerd

Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice. — Hill Harper

The inside of my head is out of control. It is on fire. It is snowing. It is a wild jungle. It is an Arctic wilderness. It is everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will happen, all at once. — Emily Barr

If you want to be in optimum emotional health, realize that social isolation stands between you and it. Reach out to others. Join groups - to drum, meditate, sing, sew, read, whatever. Find communities - to garden, do service work, travel, whatever. We humans are social animals. Spontaneous happiness is incompatible with social isolation. Period. — Andrew Weil

You won't further the cause of human rights by walking away with your morals intact. Change is about getting your hand dirty. — Brian Malloy