Zakiyyah Backman Quotes & Sayings

I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world. — Anna Netrebko

You have only three real friends: Jesus Christ, Sears Roebuck, and Gene Talmadge. — Eugene Talmadge

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. — Vladimir Putin

Pro bono has been abused as a cover and I detest those who do that because pro bono is such a noble thing to do. I have done a lot of pro bono work from the time I started my practice, never boasted about it, never got much publicity out of it. But every time when I see some people being interviewed regarding their pro bono work, I laugh because even the Government is coming into the picture. They had considered forcing all lawyers to do pro bono work. Pro bono is something that comes from your heart. You should have the desire to help. It should not be forced upon you. The authorities don't realise this. The moment you force pro bono on lawyers, you take away the meaning of pro bono. Those who are genuinely concerned and do pro bono also will be classified as people who have to do it because they have been told to do so. — Subhas Anandan

My light must shine, so that the darkness will disappear. — Lailah Gifty Akita

War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war. — Robert Aumann

A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy. — Jeremiah Burroughs

She had a formidable air; a person who went about setting everyone and everything right in the world. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on the objective centrality of knowledge in the cosmic scheme of things. — David Deutsch