Sadiki Quotes & Sayings

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year. — Janet Evanovich

Remember, having a good head on our shoulders is not just for decoration purposes — Sunday Adelaja

YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT. — Bob Hope

I can never drive my car over a bridge without thinking of suicide.
I can never look at a lake or an ocean without thinking of suicide. — Charles Bukowski

Rulers like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser started subsidizing bread as a way to buy loyalty, or at least obedience, and this system became so pervasive that the Tunisian scholar Larbi Sadiki described countries who used it as dimuqratiyyat al-khubz - "democracies of bread." But the problem with this system of offering bread in exchange for genuine democracy is that it can never last - sooner or later, the bread will run out, and people will start demanding bread and roses too. — Annia Ciezadlo

Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they're all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence. — Ramez Naam

Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by society, and cried up by the women with great care and address in order to establish their empire, and secure command to that sex which ought to obey. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years old, that can already speak fluent Spanish. — Kevin Nealon

Seve wore his emotions on his sleeve. You could see how much the guy cared about winning. — Johnny Miller

I have developed a rash on my body where the rough cloth rubs on my skin. I wanted to take a bath, thinking that the dirt on my skin made the rash worse, but the bathing tub has been turned upside down and is being used as an extra table in the kitchen and i cannot have it until spring, so I just spread goose grease on my rash. The dogs are following me everywhere. — Karen Cushman

I love the look of buffed nails. They look neat and chic without actually having to paint your nails-and it takes no time! — Joy Bryant

My eyes are not worthy to look upon your face, yet they will not rest until they see you again. — Cara Lynn Shultz