Reluctant Fundamentalist Chapter 12 Quotes & Sayings

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them. — Gerald May

As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished. — Jean-Paul Sartre

because he's Will — Philip Pullman

Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase? — Myrna Loy

You have to be able to decide, 'Well no, I'm not going to be violent, I'm going to suppress that impulse; I'm not going to be greedy.' Unless you're able to do that you're stuck with adversarial politics that leads nowhere and creates ever greater violence. — Pankaj Mishra

No longer were there "doctors" of anthropology and physics and literature to offend the real doctors and confuse the public; they had put a stop to that, as they had put a stop to so many things that were unseemly and inappropriate. — Suzette Haden Elgin

More grief to hide than hate to utter love. Polonius, Hamlet. — William Shakespeare

The idea that "all men are created equal" is a gift to the world from the American Indian. — Robert M. Pirsig

Any sign of them yet? he asked. Will looked at him. 'Yes', he said. 'A party of fifty Scotti came though just twenty minutes ago'.
Really? Horace looked startled. He wasn't fully awake yet. Will rolled his eyes to heaven. 'Oh, my word, yes', he said. 'They were riding on oxen and playing bagpipes and drums. Of course not,' he went on. 'If they had come past, I would have woken you-if only to stop your snoring'.
I don't snore', Horace said, with dignity. Will raised his eyebrows. 'Is that so?' he said. 'Then in that case, you'd better chase out that colony of walruses who are in the tent with you ... of course you snore. — John Flanagan

Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women. — Stephen Merchant

I've already lived the lives of ten people. My father's 87 and still going strong. I think there's a lovely angel watching over me. — David Hasselhoff

A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor. — William Cohen

The Bible has been through at least half a dozen translations by the time you read it. Plus, when the word of God is infected by the hand of man, that is, written down, it is tainted. — Craig Ferguson

Database Development — Michael Alexander

Intimacy requires a slow, cumulative build of safety between people who agree to a relationship, an ongoing connection of care and concern. The performance of pain is essentially a form of bonding over trauma, and people can get addicted to their endorphins. — Lierre Keith