Mokattam Quotes & Sayings

What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same? — Mark Twain

But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others ... To experience yourself as "voiceless" is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. — Mary Rose O'Reilley

Far from the world I walk, and from all care. — William Wordsworth

He paused then whispered, "You're beautiful."
"I have a boyfriend." I whispered back.
"You mentioned that. — Renee Carlino

Everybody knows that Aristotelian two-value logic is fucked. — Philip K. Dick

We impoverish God in our minds when we say there must be answers to our prayers on the material plane; the biggest answers to our prayers are in the realm of the unseen. — Oswald Chambers

In four hundred years, I've never dreamed. Vampires don't. But after I saved you on the trol ey that night, you invaded my sleep. In my dreams, we're the same. We can touch, kiss, love. And every dream ends with us ... being together forever. — J.A. London

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians. — Matt Cameron

The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave. — Ayn Rand

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt. — Jehane Noujaim

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will. — Alexander Herzen

Harry and I have been sweethearts and married more than forty years - and no matter where I was, when I put out my hand Harry's was there to grasp it. — Bess Truman

I do not share the belief in indefinite progress for society as a whole; I believe in man's improvement in himself. — Honore De Balzac