Quadir Quotes & Sayings

We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America. — Iqbal Quadir

But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder. — David Cronenberg

The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce. — Iqbal Quadir

I talked to Snoop Doggy Dog today. Well I'm not sure if you could really call it talked because I could hardly understand what he was saying. But i think he was trying to communicate was that he wanted to work with me in some sort of capacity and something involving marijuana. — Marilyn Manson

Momma always said the common misconception in relationships was that people got so caught up in finding someone who understood them when, in reality, all they needed was someone who wanted to understand them. With the right person, that would be more than enough. — Anne Jolin

The hagaddah came to Sarajevo for a reason. It was here to test us, to see if there were people who could see that what united us was more than what divided us. That to be a human being matters more than to be a Jew or a Muslim, Catholic or Orthodox. p. 361 — Geraldine Brooks

The rapid proliferation of cell phones in Afghanistan proves that anything that adds value to people's lives spreads like brushfire - and commerce is certainly a force that could add value for Afghanis. — Iqbal Quadir

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations. — Iqbal Quadir

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance. — Iqbal Quadir

During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress. — Iqbal Quadir

Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road. — Iqbal Quadir

When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world. — Heraclitus

Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources. — Iqbal Quadir

Every veteran is a hero. — Joe Walsh

Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too. — Iqbal Quadir

Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village. — Iqbal Quadir

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid. — Iqbal Quadir

She's been fucking someone else. She's still fucking Duane. She's getting back together with Duane and they're getting married. Duane's in the closet with a video camera and a gun. — Chad Kultgen

I often yearn to regress into a state that's slightly more atavistic than my decades of conditioning generally allow, but it's difficult to let go of those reigns. — Keith Murray

It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. — Blaise Pascal

When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier. — Iqbal Quadir

Babbitt as a book was planless; its end arrived apparently because its author had come to the end of the writing-pad, or rather, one might suspect from its length, to the end of all writing-pads then on the market. — Rebecca West

A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan. — Iqbal Quadir

China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power. — Iqbal Quadir

This was a little house, with a ceiling that kept getting higher and higher, a hot place with no windows. This was anger. — Helen Oyeyemi

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power. — Iqbal Quadir

Top-down approaches do not work. The bottleneck is at the top of the bottle. — Iqbal Quadir

In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself. — Iqbal Quadir

I kept thinking back to all those nights in Connecticut, when I was out the door as soon as dinner was over, yelling my plans behind me as I headed to my car, ready for my real night to begin - my time with my family just something to get through as quickly as possible. And now that I knew that the time we had together was limited, I was holding on to it, trying to stretch it out, all the while wishing I'd appreciated what I'd had earlier. — Morgan Matson