Taqi Quotes & Sayings

The early sense of self-similarity as an organizing principle came from the limitations on the human experience of scale. — James Gleick

So the problem in the West is that, especially in places like the USA, a person will obtain this much knowledge and immediately think that they have a large amount of knowledge. And then start to act on the basis of what they think, they posses. Instead of having this much knowledge and realizing that in fact this is only this much knowledge and the amount of where you can go there is where you came is much bigger than where you've already gotten. — Robert Svoboda

There's an expression, deja vu, that means that you feel like you've been somewhere before, that you've somehow already dreamed it or experienced it in your mind. — Neil Gaiman

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films. — Jill Clayburgh

an Urdu couplet by one of his favorite poets, Mir Taqi Mir: Jis sar ko ghurur aaj hai yaan taj-vari ka Kal uss pe yahin shor hai phir nauhagari ka The head which today proudly flaunts a crown Will tomorrow, right here, in lamentation drown — Arundhati Roy

I think that when you follow Christ, one of the things that happens when you start listening to His voice is that you really are alone. — Mike Yaconelli

You should look into catching rabbits for a living. You're not half bad at it."

He smiled. "That would be almost as manly as becoming a cowboy. — Kasie West

Using a slogan from ANT, you have 'to follow the actors themselves', that is try to catch up with their often wild innovations in order to learn from them what the collective existence has become in their hands, which methods they have elaborated to make it fit together, which accounts best define the new associations that they have been forced to established. — Bruno Latour

Anyone who has seen me spin that heavy, giant wheel on television knows that I'm not a steroid user. — Pat Sajak

It doesn't serve the dead to stop living yourself, out of guilt. — Peter V. Brett

I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases. I cannot recognize houses or landmarks I once knew well. Of the former inhabitants, there is no trace. Everywhere there is a terrible emptiness. All at once I find myself in the quarter where I once resided. I recall the life I used to live: meeting friends in the evening, reciting poetry, making love, spending sleepless nights pining for beautiful women and writing verses on their long tresses which held me captive. That was life! What is there left of it? Nothing. — Khushwant Singh

He who accuses another of being an evil person says so because he is afraid of him. — Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America. — Diego Della Valle

I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens. — Dolly Parton

With method and logic one can accomplish anything! — Agatha Christie

She thought, I need no cup. I am Chalice. I am filling with the grief and hurt and fear of my demesne; the shattered earthlines weigh me down; I am brimming with the needs of my people. — Robin McKinley

When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying. — Robert Ludlum

If a fool keeps his mouth shut, there will be no difference of opinion. — Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Once through this ruined city did I pass
I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked
'What knowest thou of this wilderness?'
It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words:
'Alas, Alas! — Khushwant Singh

Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed. — Muhammad Taqi Usmani

I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through. — Nicola Sturgeon