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NABA Quotations Collection |
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Updated 10 May 2008 |
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| "Religion has been used,
politicised, not only by groups but also the official institutions in
every Arab country. Nearly everything is theologised, every issue society
faces has to be solved by asking if Islam allows it. There is no
distinction between the domain of religion and secular space."
Abu Zayd, professor of humanism and Islam quoted by Reuters |
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ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I
shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even
mine.
Bertrand Russell |
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| There is no subjugation so perfect as that that
which keeps the appearance of freedom, for in that way one
captures volition itself.
John Jacques Rousseau (From Emile) |
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| The best argument against democracy is spending
15 minutes with the average voter.
Winston Churchill |
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| The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that
their country was 'given' by a foreign to another people for the
creation of a new state. The result was many hundreds of
thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless.
With every new conflict their number increase. How much longer is
the world willing to ensure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It
is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the
homeland from which they we driven, and the denial of this right
is at the heart of the continuing conflict.
Bertrand Russell Feb 1970 |
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| top | Most men, whether men or women, wish above all
else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently
uncomfortable process; it brings to the individual far more
suffering than happiness in a semi-civilised world which still
goes to war.
Vera Brittain |
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| Rules are made for the guidance of wise men and
the obedience of fools.
Anon |
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| No plan survives the first bullet.
Bismark |
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| Sent by Living Stones: "This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"You have gone far enough, O princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord." (Ezekiel 45:9) |
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| Collections of quotations by Israeli leaders on Palestine and Zionism (Click here) | ||
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
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Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
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modest little person, with much to be modest about. |
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I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
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He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather than illumination."
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I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
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He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
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He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
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In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
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He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
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They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
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He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.
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There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
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He had delusions of adequacy."
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He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.
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He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
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I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
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I've
had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. Groucho Marx |
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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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He
has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary. William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) |
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Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
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Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it.
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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
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"He
has Van Gogh's ear for music." Billy Wilder |
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