Scriptable Render Quotes & Sayings

We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam ["we have honored the Children of Adam"] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings. — Tariq Ramadan

She knew what desire was - though she didn't know she knew. It was like this: she was starving but not for food, it was a kind of painful taste that rose from the pit of her stomach and made her nipples quiver and her arms empty without an embrace. — Clarice Lispector

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself. — Christopher Nolan

The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels. — Rupert Sheldrake

One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying. — Sam Altman

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one. — Karl A. Menninger

The Prophet said, Contentment is a treasure that is never exhausted. — Hamza Yusuf

It was like pressing your thumbnail against a radiator when it's really hot and the pain starts and it makes you want to cry and the pain keeps hurting even when you take your thumb away from the radiator. — Mark Haddon

As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesn't matter to me. The world is full of suffering, distress, violence and catastrophes. Students must decide: does something concern you or not? I say: look around, analyze the problems, ask yourself what you can do and set out on the work! — Noam Chomsky

I don't relax very well, and I find it hard to sit still. — Bobbi Brown

i am sending my love to your eyes. may they always see goodness in people. and may you always practice kindness. may we see each other as one. may we be nothing short of in love with everything the universe has to offer. and may we always stay grounded. rooted. our feet planted firmly onto the earth. — Rupi Kaur

In a way, yes, because I was starting something fresh, and it was something totally independent. — Skitch Henderson

The very effect of X-rays killing rapidly dividing cells - DNA damage - also created cancer-causing mutations in genes. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

Change is never easy, but always possible. — Barack Obama