Amin Maalouf Disordered World Quotes & Sayings

Why then seek to complete in a few decades what took the other nations of the world thousands of years? Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize nature, squander her splendid gifts? You have opportunities such as mankind has never had before, and may never have again. — James Bryce

A man with a mouth like a mastiff, a brow like a mountain, and eyes like burning antracite - that was Dan'l Webster in his prime. — Stephen Vincent Benet

The Band-Aid is an inexpensive, convenient, and remarkably versatile solution to an astonishing array of problems. — Malcolm Gladwell

Machiavelli observed that 'wars begin when you will, but do not end when you please'. — Max Hastings

It sounds cheesy, but if you are having fun, people will love your company, you will be more successful, and more ideas will come your way. — Nick Woodman

We get talent and scale from mergers. — Angela Braly

Every story holds insight into the writer's soul. If the soul can't be found, the writer didn't bleed enough. — M.L. Stephens

I READ SOMEWHERE, once, that crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion. I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above all, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. So I sob into my hands instead. — Veronica Roth

I've never worked with a tail, that I can remember. But there's so much I can't remember. — Ron Perlman

Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life. — Victor Hugo

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened. — Thalassa Cruso

The topic of "White privilege" is not supposed to be an insult or some sort of blame game to guilt white people to feel bad about themselves, hate themselves and end up being depressed, but rather it is there to invoke liability for this unspoken privilege and help get rid of it in whatever way we can. Until then, it will always be white people versus the world. Let's not be blind to the invisible system of privilege. Let's attempt to break the barriers and stand up for what is right. — Ntshala Mahase

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength. — Mickey Kaus