Durrick Quotes & Sayings

But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently . — Dan Ariely

Despite their inherent messiness, consumers aren't about to
give up on a mode of savings that is so much under their control.
Afer all, the price savings from a coupon is guaranteed to go
directly to the consumer using it. A coupon can allow a consumer
to purchase brand-name products at the same, or sometimes even
a lower price, than a store brand. And only the coupon-using consumer
obtains those benefits. — Mary Potter Kenyon

We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions — Lauren DeStefano

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. — Harriet Ann Jacobs

Ibn al-Khatib says: Ibn Battutah has a modest share of the sciences. He journeyed to the East in the month of Rajab 725 [1325], travelled through its lands, penetrated into Iraq al-Ajam, then entered India, Sind and China, and returned through Yemen. In India, the king appointed him to the office of qadi. He came away later and returned to the Maghrib [ ... ]. Our Shaykh Abu l-Barakat Ibn al-Balfiqi told us of many strange things which Ibn Battutah had seen. Among them was that he claimed to have entered Constantinople and to have seen in its church twelve thousands bishops. He subsequently crossed the Strait to the Spanish coast [ ... ]. Thereafter the ruler of Fez summoned him and commanded him to commit his travels to writing. — Tim Mackintosh-Smith

You ought to learn as best as you can. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. — Phaedrus

Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of individual human beings ... their importance, their dignity ... and agreed that was the basic thing that had to be accepted throughout the world. — Eleanor Roosevelt

A lot of actors talk about how much they love the people they work with, and that's true, to a certain extent, but Texas and I had a very strong bond, right from the beginning. I think Texas made a mental decision to just be on my side, 110%. — Tania Raymonde

Rapid expansion coupled with social stability is proof of Umar's incredible capabilities as a leader — Firas Alkhateeb