Murtaja Qureiris Quotes & Sayings

Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people "must" behave. — Ellen Willis

I wanted to fly when I was little. I still want to fly. — Kendall Jenner

As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it Absolutely. — Vincent Van Gogh

If theirs was a goal of arriving at versions of themselves that they deemed better - perhaps more valuable - than their current selves, then who could blame them? And yet, they were in fact to be blamed. — Chinelo Okparanta

Teaching poetry, teaching as such, is worthy - if back breaking ... — Gerald Stern

Metaphysics notwithstanding, I also insert myself in my fictions for no loftier purpose than to give me pleasure: to see myself performing onstage. — Norman Lock

Humanity is like a drop of rain on a mountaintop, so long as it moves, you can measure all of its twists and turns and conclude that it is heading toward an overall destination, and it may in fact be moving toward a destination, but that is little reason to think that it will necessarily get there. Moths are drawn to a flame, that they have survived is proof that, thankfully, we do not always reach our destination. — Goodloe Byron

It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with the preconceived idea that what they are investigating is impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke

Making money is good, but there's no pockets in a shroud. — Terry Pratchett

Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. — Marcus Aurelius

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. — Charles Dickens

Helen savored the peace and quiet that only came in the complete absence of stupid questions. — Christopher Farnsworth

A book is a friend. — Anita Sax

For Leopardi the human animal was a thinking machine. This is the true lesson of materialism, and he embraced it. Humans are part of the flux of matter. Aware that they are trapped in the material world, they cannot escape from this confinement except in death. The good life begins when they accept this fact. — John N. Gray