Israel Meir Lau Quotes & Sayings

The only way to become immune to bullshit is to stop believing in it. — Gabbo De La Parra

Scientists are human - they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process. — Cyril Ponnamperuma

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do. — Louis C.K.

Why do I have to miss her while she's alive? — Nazli Tawfeeqi

It is a Bush administration official on the moment when torture breaks a victim:
The job of the interrogator is to safely help the terrorist do his duty to Allah, so he then feels liberated to speak freely.
From Neil Gaiman's account of a torturer in hell:
We will hurt you. And we are not sorry. But we do not do it to punish you. We do it to redeem you. Because afterward, you'll be a better person ... and because we love you. One day you'll thank us for it.
War is peace. Torture is freedom. In the end, you love Big Brother. — Andrew Sullivan

Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of persons who dislike the work don't count - there is no such thing as the opposite of buying your book, — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Resentments are the rocket fuel that lives in the tip of my saber. — Charlie Sheen

I am accepted by God through the work of Jesus Christ - therefore I obey — Timothy Keller

Here's why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join. — Andrew Sullivan

A small sample, we repeat, is rarely the big scientific problem. Interpretation is. — Stephen Thomas Ziliak

What with books and chocolate, there's not much else you could have in it, is there? — Dodie Smith

I was not the sort of boy who could train a dragon with a mere lifting of an eyebrow. I was not a natural at the Heroism business. I had to work at it. This is the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way. — Cressida Cowell

I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was "Baby Jesus" - so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17! — Bethany Cosentino