Zeca Urubu Quotes & Sayings

All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake. — William Butler Yeats

There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong. — Amartya Sen

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. — Robert A. Heinlein

In Egypt, like everywhere, the land is made to fit the sky; but here it is more so. Here it is possible to say, "This is land," and point, and "This is sky," and point, but the eyes can't discover the dividing line. — Helen Oyeyemi

It's nice when there's stuff in the middle of the table. That's when the best conversations start to happen. — Daniel Humm

Saying a person's name frequently and with ease will cause them to fall in love with you. This is one of the top techniques to learn on how to start a conversation with your crush. — James J. Davis

A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents. — Hyman Rickover

A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped. — Irving Langmuir

So like a man, to think there's safety among yet more men. — Lila Bowen

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media. — Mohammad Hamid Ansari

There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate. — Cory Booker

God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey. — Margot Kidder

My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that she and my father bathed me in sugar for three days to wash it off. I try to behave, but I always go back to the vinegar. — Maggie Stiefvater

Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the 5th to the 12th century, and in the Mohammedan world after the 15th century. — Joseph McCabe

If you read novels of the 19th century, they're pretty experimental. They take lots of chances; they seem to break a lot of rules. You've got omniscient narrators lecturing at times to the reader in first person. If you go back to the earliest novels, this is happening to a wild extent, like 'Tristram Shandy' or 'Don Quixote'. — Jennifer Egan