Porteiro Em Quotes & Sayings

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam ... second, the culture of Islam. — Abdurrahman Wahid

Tolerance is bullshit. There is nothing to tolerate. We don't tolerate lovely people, we enjoy their company. I hate that term. — Kim Holden

That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast. — Quintus Ennius

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all. — Jill Scott

The talk shows I've done are all radio for exactly this reason: I don't want to wear a rubber mask. — Gregory Benford

Democracy does not speak in unison; its tunes are dissonant, and necessarily so. It is not a predictable process; it must be undergone, as a passion must be undergone. It may also be that life itself becomes foreclosed when the right way is decided in advance, or when we impose what is right for everyone, without finding a way to enter into community and discover the "right" in the midst of cultural translation. It may be that what is "right" and what is "good" consist in staying open to the tensions that beset the most fundamental categories we require, to know unknowingness at the core of what we know. — Judith Butler

If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment. — Henri Poincare

What can she possibly teach you, twenty seven names for tears? — Janet Fitch

What our profession is all about is interacting with people. — Lorin Maazel

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies. — Juan Gabriel Vasquez

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected. — Gary Johnson

I want to stay there. I don't want to go any further. I want to stay. I can't remember who it was - one of the poets, perhaps Tamundein - who said that all of our happiest hours must pass away at last, even those in which we believe we are unhappy. — Sofia Samatar

A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set us a schizophrenic system of thought, in which the laws of common sense held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but could be disregarded by the politician, the historian, and the sociologist. Already there are countless people who would think it scandalous to falsify a scientific text-book, but would see nothing wrong in falsifying an historical fact. — George Orwell

Words seem pointless. There are no words to heal. Only time and love can do that. — Beth Michele