Nilofar Bakhtiar Quotes & Sayings

Our physiology creates disease to give us feedback, to let us know we have an unbalanced perspective, or we're not being loving and grateful. So the body's signs and symptoms are not something terrible. — John Frederick Demartini

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I admire David De Gea. I cannot remember anyone coming into Manchester United and being criticised the way he was. He was the subject of every debate in the media. You haven't seen De Gea defend himself in the media or shifting the blame elsewhere. He just gets on with it. — Peter Schmeichel

There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial. — Wendy Kaminer

In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in 1977. And that was followed by economic sanctions and other measures - sometimes officials, countries, cities, towns - some organized by popular movements. — Noam Chomsky

We talked about how easy it was to make the mistake of anthropomorphizing animals, and projecting our own feelings and perceptions on to them, where they were inappropriate and didn't fit. We simply had no idea what it was like being an extremely large lizard, and neither for that matter did the lizard, because it was not self-conscious about being an extremely large lizard, it just got on with the business of being one. To react with revulsion to its behavior was to make the mistake of applying criteria that are only appropriate to the business of being human. — Douglas Adams

Do you realize you can actually listen a person's soul into existence? Your fervent interest in the inner life of those you care for can awaken their dormant powers. The teacher Richard Moss says 'The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.' Offer this gift. — Rob Brezsny

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves, and we can shrink neither. — Theodore Roosevelt

Train those around you well, Pug. Make them powerful, but make them loving, generous men and women as well. — Raymond E. Feist

contemptuous cough — Anton Chekhov

He said that more businesses die from indigestion than starvation. I have observed the truth of that advice many times since then. — David Packard

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful. — Regis Philbin

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore. — Russell Peters