Zaude Quotes & Sayings

An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a brilliant discussion. The first seems sometimes even to undermine the second. — Stacy Schiff

Ragnor [was] always happy to see chaos, but not be involved in it. — Cassandra Clare

Some relationships just don't work out, no matter how bad both parties might want them to. Sometimes time, distance, and circumstances get in the way. And sometimes we have a purpose for our lives that couldn't be fulfilled inside the bounds of that relationship. — Mandy Hale

Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

I'm not on Facebook. I have a sort of anonymous account that I check, like, once every six months every time Facebook rolls out a new feature. — Evgeny Morozov

In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission. — Peter Hessler

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

At the age of 40, having ordered meat very rare in restaurants all his life, he realized he actually liked it medium and not at all rare. — Albert Camus

It's funny how he won't give up the idea of the attack on his daughter. I suppose there was more at risk. The car is property and insurable. The sex rights in his daughter are property too, but not insurable, or at any rate not insured. So it is more interesting that his daughter should have been at risk than his car. — Stephen Gilbert

We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem - even to you - I don't care: You have to let that out. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

Dreams express what your soul is telling yu, so as crazy as your dream might seem - even to you - I don't care: You have t let that out. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

African agriculture today is among, or is, the most under-capitalized in the world. Only seven percent of arable land in Africa is irrigated, compared to 40 percent in Asia. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

Like its agriculture, Africa's markets are highly under-capitalized and inefficient. We know from our work around the continent that transaction costs of reaching the market, and the risks of transacting in rural, agriculture markets, are extremely high. In fact, only one third of agricultural output produced in Africa even reaches the market. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

You saved me, you should remember me. — Louise Gluck

One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London. — John Niven

Knowledge is not just power - it is control. — Nick Harkaway