Shamim Ahmed Quotes & Sayings

Ask Robespierre. Ask the man with the conscience which is more important, your friend or your country - ask him how he weighs an individual in the scheme of things. Ask him which comes first, his old pals or his new principles. You ask him, Camille. — Hilary Mantel

But I don't want to die! I have so much to do! — James Franco

The women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book. — Margaret Drabble

We have to find a happy medium in our use of technology. We want things to be efficient, but we have to compartmentalise, too, so that if there is one flaw discovered, the whole thing doesn't topple. — Daniel Suarez

Enough! Clear-souled and far from wasted,
I start upon an untrod way
To take my rest from yesterday. — Alexander Pushkin

In short, I was like Ron Burgundy and in a glass case of emotion. — Melanie Shankle

Do not wait for a poem; a poem is too fast for you. Do not wait for the poem; run with the poem and then write the poem. — Juan Felipe Herrera

The man would stop suffering, when he become capable of dissolving the I. — Samael Aun Weor

Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing. — Christine McVie

Search me," I said. "I'm a city boy myself. They must be crocuses. — Saul Bellow

The way to improve productivity is not to bring in experts to talk about inputs - seed, equipment and materials, pesticides or water supply. The way to start is to provide an assured market, a fair price, and a system through which rural producers can market their produce which is reasonably efficient and can transfer to them the maximum share of the consumers' money. If such a structure is erected, the producers will then seek the inputs and materials they need to increase their production and productivity. — Verghese Kurien

New Day ... new opportunity to be grateful for what we have, not bitter for what we don't. — Charles F. Glassman

It was a good thing I recognized you or I might have had a lovely meal of you with some parsley. And potatoes. — G.A. Aiken

I have become an enthusiast for the printed word again. I have to be that, I now understand, because I want to be a character in all of my works. I can do that in print. In a movie, somehow, the author always vanishes. — Kurt Vonnegut

What else is death but the refusal any longer to grow and suffer change? — David Malouf