Bayas Quotes & Sayings

Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say "What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?" If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Even if one doesn't smoke pot, one has to see the benefits of decriminalizing it. — Danny DeVito

Zero is the number of objects that satisfy a condition that is never
satisfied. But as never means "in no case", I do not see that any progress has been made. — Henri Poincare

Freedom is always the freedom of the dissenter — Rosa Luxemburg

The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around. — Milton Friedman

Nobody likes to hear a f**king rock star talk about his problems — John Rzeznik

Perhaps the essence of tradition, it's ultimate justification, is to comfort, to bring a small measure of dreams, a brief instance of illusion, to a moment when every real avenue of escape is cut off, when there is no longer any recourse. — Saul Friedlander

I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable, and take human nature as you find it, smiling when it's absurd and grieved without exaggeration when it's pitiful, is to be cynical, then I suppose I'm a cynic. Mostly human nature is both absurd and pitiful, but if life has taught you tolerance you find in it more to smile at than to weep.
[The back of beyond] — W. Somerset Maugham