Pervez Quotes & Sayings

I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy , too, so far as I could. While I could not spare you pain and humiliation, I make you a gift of my own pains and humiliations, that yours might be easier to bear. — Diana Gabaldon

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates. — Pervez Musharraf

Monstrous, unnatural, colossal, was the thing - too far beyond all the ideas of man to be believed except in the silent damnable small hours of the morning when one cannot sleep. — H.P. Lovecraft

The receding waves of foreign peon labor are leaving California agriculture to the mercies of our own people. The old methods of intimidation and starvation perfected against the foreign peons are being used against the new white migrant workers. But they will not be successful. — John Steinbeck

Let us be honest
we have praised Angulimala,
will make no difference
If you convey my salute to Amrapali. — Suman Pokhrel

Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression. — Pervez Musharraf

You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped. — Pervez Musharraf

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me. — Katherine Schwarzenegger

Dr. A.Q. Khan's part is only enriching the uranium to weapons grade, ... He does not know about making the bomb, he does not know about the trigger mechanism, he does not know about the delivery system — Pervez Musharraf

We have our own brains. — Pervez Musharraf

In Waziristan people get really upset when there are no drone attacks. Their apprehension is that the US and Pakistani government might enter in an agreement to halt the attacks. — Pervez Hoodbhoy

Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.' — Dev Hynes

When one demands equal rights for women, one needs to assess in which areas women can work better than men, in which they can work like men, and in which they need protection and affirmative action for when they cannot work like men. — Pervez Musharraf

I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness. — Pervez Musharraf

It is up to India to take this opportunity to start ... a process of dialogue, — Pervez Musharraf

We claim Islam as Deen or a complete way of life. — Pervez Musharraf

Setting the remains of a freshly erupted volcano, I walk. — Parul Wadhwa

One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae. — Daniel Bell

The nature and specifics of the negative depend on the part of the country and the year, but the common thread is: self-doubt. — Gloria Steinem

Poverty and deprivation lead to frustration, making the masses vulnerable to exploitation by extremist organizations. — Pervez Musharraf

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society. — Pervez Musharraf

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. — Pervez Musharraf

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one. — Pervez Musharraf

Pakistan's ruler Pervez Musharraf predicted the Taliban will fall for hiding Osama bin Laden. Ex-king Zahir Shah is standing by to replace Mullah Mohammed Omar. And the most ominous sign of all, President Bush has learned all their names. — Argus Hamilton

Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows. — Elisabeth Elliot

Saying he is in Afghanistan in a spirit of brotherhood, we have also vowed that we will not allow each other's countries, ever, to be used against interests of ours. — Pervez Musharraf

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue ... we have to understand this reality. — Pervez Musharraf

Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example. — Pervez Musharraf

The Gita has sung the praises of Knowledge, but it is beyond the mere intellect; it is essentially addressed to the heart and capable of being understood by the heart. — Mahatma Gandhi

I think in Pakistan there is already democracy and no dictatorship. And recently a few years ago, the Pakistani people stood against the dictatorship of [Pervez] Musharraf and compelled him to resign. So now it is the people's democracy so I don't think any chance that the people should stand against this administration. Pakistan's situation is different than Egypt. They cannot be compared. — Shahbaz Bhatti

Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is? — Robert MacNeil

I was enraged by these heinous acts of barbarism - enraged that people who called themselves Muslims could launch an unprovoked attack on Christians or foreigners, enraged that through their vile acts these terrorists were perverting our faith, which tells us that Christians are among the "people of the Book", that we should show discernment when fighting for the cause of God and not fight those who have not harmed us, that murder and suicide are grievous sins. — Pervez Musharraf

phenomenon has reappeared in a more troubling form with the holy alliance between the believers and what they can borrow or steal from the world of science. Here is Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy, a distinguished professor — Christopher Hitchens

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes. — Pierre Corneille