Studiamoitaliano Quotes & Sayings

The Saudis, and in some cases the CIA, had encouraged and funded their foreign jihads, and these men had seen combat, lived hard in the mountains, did what their religion asked them to do. Then they came home to Egypt and were rewarded with a death sentence. The result was the creation of a standing army of jihadis who couldn't go home. They would go on to found al-Qaeda, which became something of a jihadi veterans association. History is always obvious in retrospect, but in this case the rise of al-Qaeda should have been fairly easy to predict. — Richard Engel

I am copacetic with leaning on the sacred, but I need to make sure all the mundane bases are covered before we break out the crystals and incense for a good chant. — Thomm Quackenbush

Why is it that the same people who have the least confidence in the police and the military are the most willing to allow only the police and the military to have guns? — Ann Coulter

3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you. — Gavin Hood

Warren Berger's book is a cure for a disease in large enterprises. A More Beautiful Question provides a framework to help leaders ask the most important questions - which is one of the most fundamental characteristics of a great leader - while sharing inspiring stories to show the incredible power of this concept. — Jim Stengel

No well-bred person goes ashore on someone else's island when there's no one home. But if they put up a sign, then you do it anyway, because it's a slap in the face — Tove Jansson

If our ahimsa is not of the brave but of the weak, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed. — Mahatma Gandhi

Life by its mere appalling length is a feat of endurance for which you haven't the strength. — Annie Dillard

I loved scary movies growing up. — Katie Featherston

Let's don't say another word. let's just go to sleep ... — Truman Capote

If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them. — Steven Furtick