Syed Hussein Alatas Quotes & Sayings

No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives. — Magic Johnson

PREFACE A New Look at the Legacy of Albert Einstein Genius. Absent-minded professor. The father of relativity. The mythical figure of Albert Einstein - hair flaming in the wind, sockless, wearing an oversized sweatshirt, puffing on his pipe, oblivious to his surroundings - is etched indelibly on our minds. "A pop icon on a par with Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, he stares enigmatically from postcards, magazine covers, T-shirts, and larger-than-life posters. A Beverly Hills agent markets his image for television commercials. He would have hated it all," writes biographer Denis Brian. Einstein is among the greatest scientists of all time, a towering figure who ranks alongside Isaac Newton for his contributions. Not surprisingly, Time magazine voted him the Person of the Century. Many historians have placed him among the hundred most influential people of the last thousand years. — Michio Kaku

Books and movies, they are not mere entertainment. They sustain me and help me cope with my real life. — Arlaina Tibensky

The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm free to experiment more. If it doesn't work out, I've only lost a week or two of work. If I screw up a novel I've lost at least a year's worth of work. But the nice thing is that those experiments with short stories can be carried over to novels when the experiments do work. — Charles De Lint

The sadness you feel is not your own. It's his sadness you feel in your heart, Amy, for missing you. — Justin Cronin

This is how most people live: alive, but not conscious; conscious but not aware; aware, but intermittently. — Sebastian Faulks

The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbors. — Jonathan Sacks

Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money. — P. J. O'Rourke

Virgins are a rare breed anywhere, but at your age, you're practically a unicorn. — Heidi Cullinan

Industry need not wish. — Benjamin Franklin

Reading is solitude. — Italo Calvino

Stupidity is actually in a way the mark of intelligence - if you're not doing stupid things that defy logic you're probably not taking enough risks. — Gregor Collins

I dream of a house full of books. — Lailah Gifty Akita