Farhat Ishtiaq Quotes & Sayings

Who's an ex-diplomat of all people to complain if the wrapping is prettier than what's inside? — John Le Carre

In one African myth the word for God is even identical with skill and capacity. The Godhead is defined as that thing which appears in man as the mystery of an unusual skill or capacity. It is something divine, a spark of the divinity in him, not his own possession or achievement, but a miracle. — Marie-Louise Von Franz

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz

I am a huge believer in social media. — Zac Posen

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion. — Naomi Wolf

It matters more how one gives than what one gives. — Pierre Corneille

You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize. — Charlize Theron

Progress can be unglamorous. — Jardine Libaire

The wind,
Tempestuous clarion, with heavy cry,
Came bluntly thundering, more terrible
Than the revenge of music on bassoons. — Wallace Stevens

When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto. — Drake

The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us. — Francois Fenelon

No, look, there's a blue box. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it's meant to go. And when it turns up, there's a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed 'cause he's awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch 'Blink'. — Neil Gaiman

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there. — Adam Clarke