Citizenfour Trailer Quotes & Sayings

Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third. — Mahmoud Darwish

Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech. — James L. Buckley

She moved through it carrying her fat book, attracted, unsure, a stranger, wanting to feel relevant but knowing how much of a search among alternative universes it would take. — Thomas Pynchon

As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing. — Bell Hooks

The strange and wonderful Book of Job treats of the same subject as we are discussing; its contents are a fiction, conceived for the purpose of explaining the different opinions which people hold on Divine Providence ... This fiction, however, is in so far different from other fictions that it includes profound ideas and great mysteries, removes great doubts, and reveals the most important truths. I will discuss it as fully as possible; and I will also tell you the words of our Sages that suggested to me the explanation of this great poem. — Maimonides

What a pity people don't take as much trouble with their own breeding as intelligent racehorse owners do. But then I suppose it is bordering on fascism to think like that. — Jeffrey Bernard

Don't you loathe the word "workaholic"? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out! — Diana Vreeland

Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets. — Ma Jun

The heart and mind of every Muslim is affected by whether or not the Israel-Palestine issue is dealt with fairly. — Jimmy Carter

The English intellect is sound, so far as it goes,but it has one grave defect
it is always cautious in the wrong place. — Wilkie Collins

Things never seem as bad as they are. — Craig L. Rice

whoever goes to bed before midnight is a rogue"
Dr Johnson — Dr Johnson

George Piro, had gathered evidence that al-Qaeda had a network of adherents at American flight schools. Williams urged a nationwide investigation. He was unsurprised when headquarters took no action; thirteen years of experience had taught him that counterintelligence and counterterrorism were "bastard stepchildren" at the FBI. — Tim Weiner

There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater thing. — Anthony Doerr

The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources. — Erik Hersman