Bokra Quotes & Sayings

A state is absolute in the sense which I have in mind when it claims the right to a monopoly of all the force within the community, to make war, to make peace, to conscript life, to tax, to establish and disestablish property, to define crime, to punish disobedience, to control education, to supervise the family, to regulate personal habits, and to censor opinions. The modern state claims all of these powers, and, in the matter of theory, there is no real difference in the size of the claim between communists, fascists, and Democrats. — Walter Lippmann

I have learned not to judge people by their limitations, but by the way they push past them. — Cammie McGovern

The tutor's eyelids drooped; his thoughts drained out of his face like water seeping into earth. — Patricia A. McKillip

A country with two kings will always falter. — Scott Westerfeld

Our society puts too much emphasis on finding someone who will love you; our culture focuses too much on being loved and not enough on being a loving person. — Harold S. Kushner

It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. — Tom Robbins

Egyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial Egyptian anthem "Bokra, Insha'allah, Malesh" (Tomorrow, God Willing, Never Mind) isn't just an excuse for laziness. In a society requiring millennial patience, it is also a social code dictating that no one make too much of a fuss about things. But put an Egyptian in the driver's seat and he shows all the calm and consideration of a hooded swordsman delivering Islamic justice. — Tony Horwitz

Death, but not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on. — Stephen King

I think if companies start reinventing themselves and focus on the customer experience more, they will win out in the end. — Alfred Lin

CUSTOMER (holding up a copy of a Harry Potter book): This doesn't have anything weird in it ... does it? BOOKSELLER: You mean, like, werewolves? CUSTOMER: No (whispers) - gays. BOOKSELLER: ... right. — Jen Campbell

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane. — David Mackay

But audio is a component of video, so there's always been that anyway, and although we've never expressed a visual side apart from the Grateful Dead movie, I don't find it that remote, you know what I mean? It's a departure of sorts, but it's like a first cousin. — Jerry Garcia

I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens. — Walter Dean Myers

And he was athletic in a lean sort of way, his long legs able to keep up with me whenever I coerced him into driving me out to the zoo for their early open hours for runners only; those hills were killers on the calves. — Kim Harrison

We all dream of things we cannot have. — George R R Martin