Matussem Quotes & Sayings

Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend. — Sophocles

If once a woman breaks through the barriers of decency, her ease is desperate; and if she goes greater lengths than the men, and leaves the pale of propriety farther behind her, it is because she is aware that all return is prohibited, and by none so strongly as by her own sex. — Charles Caleb Colton

The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it. — James Altucher

I feel like I've dreamed half of my life that hasn't happened yet, so a lot of times I'm going along, and I do stuff, and I know that I've done it. I have deja vus more than I have regular experiences. If half of your day is a deja vu, then you start to wonder, 'What is real and what isn't?' — Marilyn Manson

Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see them coming up against certain expectations that may be more gender-specific. — Liza Johnson

When Matussem Ramoud opened his eyes each morning, his wife would still not be there. — Diana Abu-Jaber

Life has a way of taking its toll on the person you thought you were. — A.S.A Harrison

When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think! — Slavoj Zizek

When you know yourself, your 'I'ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same. — Ibn Arabi

All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims. — Samantha Power

Questions [about our healthcare system] are not hard because the answers are complicated, they are hard because they require that we be honest with ourselves. — Rebecca Onie

On the other hand, and let's face it, there's always another hand, unless you're a Saudi Arabian shoplifter of course, hurt feelings can be quite traumatic. I've heard that it can take seconds, sometimes even minutes, to get over it. — Pat Condell

My first notebook was a Big Five tablet, given to me [at age five] by my mother with the sensible suggestion that I stop whining and learn to amuse myself by writing down my thoughts. — Joan Didion