Nafisi Md Quotes & Sayings

The tracing of a child's lineage and its name with reference to the father, though it has lasted for many thousands of years, has not become any the more natural or reasonable as a result. — Nawal El Saadawi

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true. — James Taylor

Optimism invites us to reach higher and become the fullest expression of our intentions — Deepak Chopra

It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice). — J.M. Coetzee

Culture is what happens when the managers are not around. — Pearl Zhu

Trust is an illusion meant to wrap one in a false sense of belief, in that moment of realization will despair ultimately set in. — Lolah Runda

When you need a good laugh, do you reach for a book? I don't. I expect books to move me deeply and submerge me in another reality. So when a novel makes me roar with laughter, it's always a delightful surprise. — Maria Semple

If you understand how the universe operates, you control it, in a way. — Stephen Hawking

All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of peanuts. — Hubert Green

It comes down to consistency-if you want to be a great shooter, you have to shoot the same way every time. — Ray Allen

The time for invisible boundaries that guard the 'purity' of gaming as a niche subculture is over. The violent macho power fantasy will no longer define what gaming is all about. — Anita Sarkeesian