Tariq Aziz Famous Quotes & Sayings

Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses. — Jerome K. Jerome

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship. — Stephanie Herseth

A forecaster should almost never ignore data, especially when she is studying rare events like recessions or presidential elections, about which there isn't very much data to begin with. Ignoring data is often a tip-off that the forecaster is overconfident, or is overfitting her model - that she is interested in showing off rather than trying to be accurate. — Nate Silver

An artist should always bite the hand that feeds him - but not too hard. — Nam June Paik

I think there is a contempt for the human dignity of people who were enslaved. You couldn't see them as fully human and so you didn't respect their desire to be connected to a family and a place. That was the only way you could tolerate and make sense of lynching and the terror that lynching represented. — Bryan Stevenson

I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because they tell everyone their performance is 'just a show.' And so, people say, 'Oh, it's OK then. We don't care. He's not really a bad person.' It's not just a show for me. It's my life. — Marilyn Manson

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. — Russell Banks

I think, you know, architecture should not just be something that follows up on events but be a leader of events ... by implementing an architectural action, you actually are making a transformation in the social fabric and in the political fabric. Architecture becomes an instigator. — Lebbeus Woods

He never thought that she saw in him what no one else could see. He never thought that in the whole world there were no other eyes that looked upon him with the same light and strength as hers. — Charles Dickens

While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials and information will continue. — Harriet Miers

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. — Frank Herbert

When it's only Monday and my bestie is already having a horrible week, I start hunting for memes to send him so that in amongst all the pain and misery he can get really annoyed that his whatsapp is going every two minutes with pointless pictures taking up all of the space on his phone. — C.S. Woolley

But who, in these modern times, slept well? — Dexter Palmer

If there is such a thing as karma, let's hope that Sarah Palin comes back as a wolf being shot at from a plane. — Bill Maher