Rachmat Kaimuddin Quotes & Sayings

The problem is to appreciate differences in the basic premises of thought and in the very methods of thinking, and these are so often overlooked that our interpretations of Chinese philosophy are apt to be a projection of characteristically Western ideas into Chinese terminology. — Alan W. Watts

The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses. — George S. Patton

Cruelty is a mystery, and a waste of pain. — Annie Dillard

What made you so unforgiving? (Simone)
Be grateful that you have the luxury of asking me that question. Pray to whatever god you worship that you'll always be ignorant. (Xypher) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The medicalized version of mortality, though, insists that you get into a wheelchair when you are in a hospital. — Anonymous

I am the luckiest man in the world. — Chuck Pagano

If you'd rather skip lunch, that's fine with me. I've got some things to take care of anyway before I can leave the store to Robin for the weekend."
"I don't want to skip lunch," he bit out. "I'm starving."
Her temper got the better of her. "Fine, but if you plan on snapping at me the whole time then I'd just as soon you eat alone."
His gaze darkened. "I'm not snapping."
She poked him in the chest. "Yes, you are."
Leo started to speak, then paused and let out a huge breath. "Sorry. Damn, I'm just having one of those days."
Amanda smiled and patted his cheek. "You can tell me all about it over a bowl of fettuccine. — Anne Rainey

I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books - brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished, and would re-create them for battered people, and re-awaken joy and magnanimity. — James Branch Cabell

You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own. — Rupert Murdoch

Because there's a difference in living and just being alive. — Amber L. Johnson

I especially want to change the way we as Latinas see our beauty. I feel that there is a misinterpretation of what we're supposed to look like. — Genesis Rodriguez

You can't hate me, Mathilde, when I say no. This is my work. — Lauren Groff

I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in. — Sherman Alexie