Nagib Mahfuz Quotes & Sayings

I promised to tell you how one falls in love. — Michael Ondaatje

You don't stop the watch when you are afraid of getting old, so don't cut off advertising when you want to save money."
~Madi Preda — Madi Preda

Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many civilians to understand the sacrifices military families make. However, my experience is that after the Vietnam War, the public learned that they should support the military whether or not they support the war. You've seen that outpouring of support for the veterans of both Iraq and Afghanistan. — Steve Stivers

I met Betty on the street.
"I saw you with that bitch a while back. She's not your kind of woman."
"None of them are. — Charles Bukowski

Nothing is impossible to the human mind when the Lock is removed. — Uell Stanley Andersen

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,
that of being judged by their peers. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The four things that matter in life: 1) love 2) honesty 3) faith 4) courage. — Bill Butterworth

Oh, you need Alan to betray Nick and then you'll steal Nick's powers and kill them both," said Mae. "Great idea. Hey, can i come? I'll bring a picnic lunch if you promise not to let blood get on the sandwiches. — Sarah Rees Brennan

All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way — Larry Coryell

Knowing why we are married & should stay married is crucial. The key question is: Will we approach marriage from a God-centered view or a man-centered view? In a man-centered view, we will maintain our marriage as long as our earthly comforts, desires, & expectations are met. In a God-centered view, we preserve our marriage because it brings glory to God & points a sinful world to a reconciling Creator. — G. Thomas

How ridiculous were the attentions the weak paid one another in the shadow of the strong! — V.S. Naipaul

There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans, whereas we black folk tend to be much more sensitive about embracing others, and we have a long history of that. — Cornel West

But virtue, by the bare statement of its actions, can so affect men's minds as to create at once both admiration of the things done and desire to imitate the doers of them. The goods of fortune we would possess and would enjoy; those of virtue we long to practise and exercise. We are content to receive the former from others, the latter we wish others to experience from us. Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen, than it inspires an impulse to practice, and influences the mind and character not by a mere imitation which we look at, but by the statement of the fact creates a moral purpose which we form. — Plutarch

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit! — Lady Jane Grey