Saadiq Ahmed Quotes & Sayings

So convinced was he that the external world was the result of a vast deception practised upon him by the gross senses, that when he stared at a great building like St. Paul's he felt it would not very much surprise him to see it suddenly quiver like a shape of jelly and then melt utterly away, while in its place stood all at once revealed the mass of colour, or the great intricate vibrations, or the splendid sound - the spiritual idea - which it represented in stone. — Algernon Blackwood

I'm a civilian, a citizen. — David Remnick

Do you want me to tell you what I give a shit about at age sixty-five', Cullen said, 'and what I don't give a shit about?'
(page 262) — Elmore Leonard

The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live. — Barry Humphries

There aren't as many roles for people who look like me, and it was always complicated when it came to casting my parents. But now I couldn't be more grateful that I have a different look. — Meaghan Rath

The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove. — Selwyn Hughes

My ceiling's broken, my car's got a puncture and we've just lost two matches. But I've got my health and I'll ask the big man upstairs why he didn't give us a point. — Ian Holloway

I hope he was pushed." "Why." asks Jenny, astonished. "Because if he jumped, he'll never have any rest. He'll never have any peace. — Kate Pullinger

Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility. — David Hume

I'm reminded today how unpredictable God can be. — Francesca Battistelli

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won. — Tyra Banks