Shahidullah Faridi Quotes & Sayings

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. — David Brooks

I was told over and over the poetry in forms was "conservative" but there was no analysis of why this was so. — Juliana Spahr

I'm inclined to like people who listen to me. — Molly Tanzer

Even if I could live forever," she said to the baby, "I still don't know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no reason."
"But later I threw away my foolish innocence to protect myself. And then I taught my daughter, your mother, to shed her innocence so she would not be hurt as well. — Amy Tan

Miss Taylor says kids that are colored can't go to my school cause they're not smart enough." I come round the counter then. Lift her chin up and smooth back her funny-looking hair. "You think I'm dumb?" "No," she whispers hard, like she means it so much. She look sorry she said it. "What that tell you about Miss Taylor, then?" She blink, like she listening good. "Means Miss Taylor ain't right all the time," I say. She hug me around my neck, say, "You're righter than Miss Taylor." I tear up then. My cup is spilling over. Those is new words to me. — Kathyrn Stockett

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Plato

There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over those who compose the feathery foam of fashion that sweeps along Broadway; who consider the insignia of honor to consist in wealth and indolence; and who, ignoring the family history, paint coats of arms to cover up the leather aprons of their grandfathers. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change. — Tupac Shakur