Syamsuddin Arif Quotes & Sayings

An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half. — Shailer Mathews

Humans become human through intense learning not just of survival skills but of customs and social mores, kinship and social laws-that is, culture. — Richard Leakey

I'm thinking that I like you, and that's a problem for me."
His serious tone startles me. "Why's it a problem?"
"Because I don't like people," he says bluntly. "I deal with people. — J.M. Darhower

Today I meet with Dr. Syamsuddin Arif. He said Prof. al-Attas says, I don't read much but I think a lot — Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas

Women's flesh is evidence of a God-given wrongness; whereas fat men are fat gods. — Naomi Wolf

When you're in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. — Steve Jobs

The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based upon polygamy, according to the testimony of the philosophers who rose in that age. A belief in the doctrine of a plurality of wives caused the persecution of Jesus and his followers. We might almost think they were 'Mormons.' — Jedediah M. Grant