Many Quotes
How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?
Bob Dylan
It is a remarkable fact in the history of geometry, that the Elements of Euclid, written two thousand years ago, are still regarded by many as the best introduction to the mathematical sciences.
Ab-Soul
As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.
Banana Yoshimoto
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Show me what happened to my country after separating from Pakistan. This is the Parliament building that many people say Pakistan did nothing to us, this (Parliament building) is theirs.
Sadia Sheikh
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Her works are in major private collections including that of The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi and in many Western museums. Despite being an internationally recognized artist, Esther Mahlangu still presently lives in her village in close and constant contact with her culture.
Esther Mahlangu
It is a chaotic house, built without method, and has acquired its present form over many years: many differently-sized rooms, some built up against one another at different times, either because they were needed or because my grandfather found himself with some spare money for which he had no other use.
Tayeb Salih
Once I have forsaken the vow of guarding my mind, of what use are many vows to me?
Śāntideva
In my strategy, the training for killing enemies is by way of many contests, fighting for survival, discovering the meaning of life and death, learning the Way of the sword, judging the strength of attacks and understanding the Way of the "edge and ridge" of the sword.
Miyamoto Musashi
I would have loved to have been on the Band Aid record but I only heard about it when I was in Germany. I don’t know if they would have had me on the record anyway, because I’m a bit old.
I’m just an old slag who gets up every morning, scratches his head and wonders what he wants to fuck.
Freddie Mercury
Rabindranath is the greatest man I have had the privilege to know. There has been no one like him anywhere on our globe for many centuries.
Rabindranath Tagore
There are hundreds of families in the UK who earn over £60,000 in benefits without lifting a finger because they have so many kids (and for the rest of us that’s a wage of over £90,000 before tax!).
Bill Bradley
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We want authentic dialogue, not a monologue to gain time, as seen in the past many times; it should be dialogue that seeks the common good.
César Román
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
Vikram Aditya
Europe taught that all great men are humanity's teachers.[...] America teaches that whoever succeeds in life should be your leader. Japan teaches that a man who has many friends is a man who has mastered life and such a man is a good man.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
[https://www.projectmadurai.org/index.html Works by Subramanya Bharathi at the free repository- Project Madurai]
Mahakavi Bharathiyar
[On making (male) bathrooms, restrooms or toilets gender-neutral] If you just take out urinals, then everyone can use them. You can solve it right now. Just rip them all out. Lets share so everyone is equal. It gets rid of so many things in one fell swoop.
Eddie Izzard