Rafik Quotes & Sayings

I'm not in the business of harassing anybody. — Jim Garrison

I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. — Rafik Hariri

The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision. — Rafik Hariri

Anyone can listen to an exciting story; but a good listener is like a determined gold prospector patiently digging through the mud to find a little nugget of the prized metal. — Rafik Schami

Moonseed Manor did not look like a place to live. Moonseed Manor looked like a place to die. — Erica Ridley

We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path. — Rafik Hariri

why do our enemies shape us more than our friends? — Rafik Schami

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all. — Rafik Hariri

Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone's life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others. — L.B. Simmons

I want to carry on in my dad's footsteps and make sure his message lives on forever. I feel like that's why I've been put on this planet - to get my message across. — Bindi Irwin

Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit that it has remarkable characteristics which compel respect and occasionally surprise the most wary players. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens. — Rafik Hariri

Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did. — Rafik Hariri

And rumors, well, they're strange creatures with a will of their own: the more colorful they grow, the more their true origins fade. By — Rafik Schami

I have ... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government. — Rafik Hariri

Mother seemed happy because the school yard where Rafik would spend his recesses was surrounded by a high stone wall. She'd recently started talking about 'safety' in a way that made Liyana jumpy. Liyana never thought about safety unless someone else brought it up. She didn't WANT to think about it either. SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN AN UNLOCKED WORLD — Naomi Shibab Nye

I ran out of the apartment in a rage. Mahmud followed me, and we walked home, not speaking. Shortly before we reached the door to the house, he grabbed hold of me. "You're my friend, even if you've hurt me," he said.
I embraced him and asked his forgiveness. — Rafik Schami

Writing is not the voice's shadow but the tracks of its steps. It is only thanks to writing that we can listen to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians even today, that we can hear their voices as full of life as if they had just spoken. My friend, only writing has the power to move a voice through time, and make it as immortal as the gods. — Rafik Schami

You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree. — Rafik Hariri

The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the "and" lies our great woe. If we omit the "and" we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing. — A.W. Tozer

What you achieve, endures throughout time — Rafik Schami

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. — Rafik Hariri

I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us. — Antonio Villaraigosa

There are some things she doesn't like to think about because thinking about them takes up every part of her mind and body. — Alden Bell

Poverty smothers our dreams even before we have finished dreaming them. — Rafik Schami

You will meet people who'll change the course of your life forever. Learn when to hold onto yourself and when to fly directly into the storm. — Gabby Rivera

I thought a mermaid lived in my shower drain, and I used to call her Sarah and talk to her. — Tarryn Fisher

With joint-stock corporations, investors can place bets on the success of many different companies, without having to play a central management role in any one of them. This allows investors to diversify their financial holdings. It also allows them to capture profits on their investments, without having to get involved in the dirty, troublesome business of actually running a company. — Jim Stanford

You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories fabricated by man and then exaggerated over time. — Dan Brown

On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace. — Rafik Hariri

Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right. — Rebecca Gibney

What horrifying torture this poor man must have endured. Out of a wise man they have made a miserable bundle of flesh and bones. — Rafik Schami