Zimeng Quotes & Sayings

Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage jihad by radical imams who represent themselves as legitimate Muslim clergymen. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Religions exist because people would rather have a wrong answer than no answer at all. — Chuck Palahniuk

The heart should never be completely locked, or you may regret the opportunities you had to let amazing people into your life — Steven Aitchison

Here come the characters who comprise the movie vermin, the Hollywood scum, the film slime - the aforementioned "unscrupulous cowards of mediocrity." Fortunately, they are minor characters, yet so distasteful that their introduction has been delayed as long as possible. — John Irving

Oh, yeah?" Leo growled. "Well, maybe you got the smoke, buddy, but I've got the fire. — Rick Riordan

One Dilbert Blog reader noted that current research shows that happiness causes success more than success causes happiness. That makes sense to me. There's plenty of research about people having a baseline of happiness that doesn't vary much with circumstances. And given that happy people are typically optimistic, energetic, and fun to work with, I can see how happiness would lead to success. — Scott Adams

Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring. — Marlene Dietrich

When my whole body is pushed against his, I wrap my legs around his waist, forcing him to carry me the way my heart had been carrying HIM since the moment he saw me. — Mari Arden

If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most. — Erica Jong

The key may be to keep the bright light of public attention shining. According to a study by the American Psychological Association, the reported numbers of assaults increase an average of about 44 percent when campuses are under formal scrutiny. Afterward, though, they sink back to their original levels, indicating that some schools provide a more accurate picture of sexual assault only when forced to do so. — Peggy Orenstein

Many of the world's best-designed cities have been inspired by garden concepts. — Tom Turner

I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other. — Desiree Rogers

I'm saying language is a passport. A dubious, dangerous passport too. — Xiaolu Guo