Mesoudi Quotes & Sayings

He loathed Jimmy Carter, whom he called a "big-toothed cretin." In 1980, when we were still in Kabul, the U.S. announced it would be boycotting the Olympic Games in Moscow. "Wah wah!" Baba exclaimed with disgust. "Brezhnev is massacring Afghans and all that peanut eater can say is I won't come swim in your pool. — Khaled Hosseini

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me. — Doug Aitken

Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States. — Andre Malraux

For those who don't believe in themselves, hardwork is worthless. -Maito Gai (Naruto) — Masashi Kishimoto

Every being wants happiness and does not want suffering. If we do not respect this fact, there will be more and more suffering on this planet. — Dalai Lama XIV

There are only three things worthwhile
fighting, drinking, and making love. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

John," I murmured, rising from the bed and going to stand by the table, staring down in astonishment at the gold-rimmed china plates and intricately embroidered napkins in sapphire rings. "How did all of this get here?"
"Oh," he said casually. "It just does. Coffee?" He lifted a gleaming silver pot. "Or do I seem to remember you being more partial to tea?" His grin was wicked.
I gave him a sarcastic look-it was a cup of tea I'd thrown into his face to escape from the Underworld the last time-then sank down into the chair where the bird was perched. — Meg Cabot

While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think and act is enormously influenced by the culture in which we live. It also is clear that the major elements of modern culture-science, technology, law, music, and religion-have evolved over time in a quite concrete sense of the term. Mesoudi makes these arguments very well and his book is a very good read. — Richard R. Nelson

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.' — Elizabeth Barrett Browning