Fayyad Quotes & Sayings

There is no such thing as zero uncertainty. — Usama Fayyad

The Creator creates all creation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Excuses are the explanations we use for hanging on to behaviors we don't like about ourselves; they are self-defeating behaviors we don't know how to change. InExcuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses people use, such as "I'm too busy, too old, too fat, too scared or it's going to take too long or be too difficult." — Wayne Dyer

Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. — Walter Lippmann

It's the responsibility of men of religion to ... present religion as a way of tolerance, not as a cover for bloodshed. — Salam Fayyad

The Fayyad cabinet may well be the best the Palestinians ever get. But whatever its good qualities, there is no democracy. — Elliott Abrams

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well. — Usama Fayyad

All my thoughts are second thoughts. — Aldous Huxley

Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal. — Deepak Chopra

Human beings, from a mathematical perspective, are fairly limited. Two and three dimensions, maybe five, and we're OK. — Usama Fayyad

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear. — St. Vincent

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid. — Jules Feiffer

I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and producing comedy.' — Marlon Wayans

The brain has a good error rate. But, the point is, you can function with that error rate. Animals do a lot of guesswork. — Usama Fayyad

When you walk around, your vision system is processing a whole bunch of signals in milliseconds and judging that a visual object is a wall, or an imminent cliff, or a car heading towards you. This might be disturbing to a lot of people, but some of those guesses are errors. — Usama Fayyad

Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually. — Usama Fayyad

No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it. — Felix Dennis

There is a very real danger present when we suppress our feelings to act on inspiration in exchange for the "safety" of the status quo. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to live a more fulfilling and purpose driven life. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. We risk sacrificing the beautiful blessing of finding a greater sense of meaning in our own lives.
In short, we run the very real risk living a life of regret. — Richie Norton

Okay, no more talk about other people. I think we should talk about how great I am and how hot you are for me." I burst out laughing. "You know it's true. — Suzanne Wright