Islahiye Quotes & Sayings

The young readers I have interacted with carry old concerns repackaged in the skin of a new generation: puzzlement over continuous national moral failings, contradictions with the elders, nostalgia for a nonexistent Kenyan past. — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Our worship of God is not a part of our lives; worship is our lives. — Dillon Burroughs

Cesky Krumlov, the little jewel box of a city in southern Bohemia. — Laini Taylor

We strivin' for perfection. — Raekwon

Economics ought to be a magpie discipline, taking in philosophy, history and politics. But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from most faculties, claims Tony Lawson. In the 1970s, when he started teaching at Cambridge, the economics faculty still boasted legends such as Nicky Kaldor and Joan Robinson. "There were big debates, and students would study politics, the history of economic thought." And now? "Nothing. No debates, no politics or history of economic thought and the courses are nearly all maths."
How do elites remain in charge? If the tale of the economists is any guide, by clearing out the opposition and then blocking their ears to reality. The result is the one we're all paying for. — Aditya Chakrabortty

Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on cosmetic surgery because you never have to have liposuction. — Marcia Gay Harden

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made. — Chloe Sevigny

An english baron wed to my daughter? I'll die first, I will." Johanna quit rubbing Claire's shoulder and stepped forward.
"A very rich baron," she blurted out. The laird frowned at Johanna with what she thought was indignation.
"Wealth is not an issue here," he muttered. "How rich?"
They were married an hour later. — Julie Garwood

He is not a lover who does not love forever. — Euripides

In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric. — Maya Angelou

Once evolution gets a good basic design, it tends to throw away the variants and concentrate on the near-infinite diversity within that design. — Dan Simmons

Is there a better wrestling villain on TV these days than CM Punk? Arguable question but for my sauce, Punk is right there at the top of the heap with a handful of his peers. — Jim Ross

Sometimes, you just have to take a step back and realise what's important in your life, what you can live with, and more importantly, what you can't live without. — Lauren Conrad