Hassan Al Turabi Quotes & Sayings

He cannot speak clearly if his words must be strained through a Congressional gag. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side. — Oliver Goldsmith

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried. — Stuart Chase

Simple, not easy. There's a difference. — Ron Jeffries

Part of her followed him, wherever it was that he went. — Kendare Blake

Living is too hard right now. Dying is easy. Let me die. — Kristin Cashore

Whatever is happening here, it definitely bypassed go and went straight to really fucking weird without collecting two hundred dollars. — Sarah McCarry

I was wishing I had a story like that one to live inside me with so much loudness you could pick it up on a stethoscope. — Sue Monk Kidd

We are all in motion, always. Those who are not climbing towards something are descending toward nothing. — Richard Paul Evans

I recently caught myself giving a pretty girl the cold shoulder because I felt intimidated. She was so gorgeous, and it made me feel insecure. I wasn't even aware until someone pointed it out to me. I was so embarrassed! I recognized those thoughts and made a point to be more friendly to her because there was no reason to be cold. — Lilly Singh

love is nothing but an overrated emotion that brings nothing but pain to those unfortunate enough to suffer from it. — Carole Mortimer

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals. — Paulo Coelho

One ... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of the means to power and coercion. It is, of course, natural to assume that these difficulties are not inherent in the nature of civilization itself but are determined by the imperfections of the cultural forms which have so far been developed. — Sigmund Freud

What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special. — Stefon Harris