Faitelson Quotes & Sayings

The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions came down very hard on me. — John Pomfret

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions. — Winston S. Churchill

Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. — Stephen Vincent Benet

I wanted to prove that a son of a politician can be a successful businessman. — Sunil Mittal

What kind of hellish punishment does Lev have planned if he needs the females' crazy magic moon water? Nothing Talon has ever heard of but the gryphon is a recluse and stories about him keep children from sneaking out alone; a terribly convoluted mixture of the rogue army attack on his eyrie, death, and the name Lev, one of the few survivors mean enough to live through it. — Elizabeth Munro

To teach effectively a teacher must develop a feeling for his subject; he cannot make his students sense its vitality if he does not sense it himself. He cannot share his enthusiasm when he has no enthusiasm to share. How he makes his point may be as important as the point he makes; he must personally feel it to be important. — George Polya

Your mind will serve you better than any trinket under the suns ... It is a weapon ... and like any weapon, you need practice to be any good at wielding it. — Jay Kristoff

Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their compassion these seeds would never spout. — Philip Kapleau

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. — Benjamin Disraeli

I discovered 'Rite of Spring' when I was 21. As a matter of fact, not with orchestra first, because it was still a work which was not often performed. Don't forget that I was 19 in 1944, still the Occupation time. So it was performed slightly after the end of the war, in 1945. — Pierre Boulez

Internal conviction drives external action. — Todd Stocker

A consistent outlook is inconsistent with reality. — Marty Rubin

I'm twelve years old. I run into a synagogue. I ask the rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning of life but he tells it to me in Hebrew. I don't understand Hebrew. Then he wants to charge me $600 for Hebrew lessons. — Woody Allen