Muntada Al Quotes & Sayings

Moderation is not a compromise; moderation is a passion; the passion of great judges. — G.K. Chesterton

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself. — G. Stanley Hall

It is forgiveness that sets a man working for God. He does not work in order to be forgiven, but because he has been forgiven, and the consciousness of his sin being pardoned makes him long for its entire removal than ever he did before. An unforgiven man cannot work. He has not the will, nor the power, nor the liberty. He is in chains. Israel in Egypt could not serve Jehovah. "Let my people go, that they may serve Me." was God's message to Pharaoh (exodus 8:1) first liberty, then service. — Horatius Bonar

When I love a book, I really love a book. You don't get that very often. — Nina Jacobson

I know, I know: it can be frustrating as hell. But people have an unfortunate habit of assuming they understand the reality just because they understood the analogy. You dumb down brain surgery enough for a preschooler to think he understands it, the little tyke's liable to grab a microwave scalpel and start cutting when no one's looking. — Peter Watts

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young

What kind of grad student do you take? I never take a straight A student. A real scientist tends to be critical, and somewhere along the line, they had to rebel against their teachers. — Lynn Margulis

I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice. — Chen Guangcheng

If you'd like to be good at something, the first thing to out the window is the notion of perfection. — Scott Berkun

We queers of Revelation hill ... died of the greed of power, because we were expendable. If you mean to visit any of us, it had better be to make you strong to fight that power. Take your languor and easy tears somewhere else. Above all, don't pretty us up. Tell yourself: None of this ever had to happen. And then go make it stop, with whatever breath you have left. Grief is a sword, or it is nothing. — Paul Monette

Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.' — Olly Murs

Since I have spread my wings to purpose high,
The more beneath my feet the clouds I see,
The more I give the winds my pinions free,
Spurning the earth and soaring to the sky. — Giordano Bruno

There is little presence to an infant who always knows where he is going but never gets there. There is process. — Dew Platt

Look beyond the individual to the cause of his misery. — Henry Ford

You may forget but
let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us — Sappho