Doris Lessing Quotes

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

Doris Lessing

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• You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • You
  • Fear
  • Hate

• I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • World
  • Important
  • Country

• We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.

  

  Barbara Lee
  • War
  • Evil
  • Justice

• People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.

  

  Camilla Lackberg
  • People
  • Hate
  • Weather

• Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Water
  • Evil
  • Like

• Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Bad
  • Think

• The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Think
  • Hate
  • Equal

• Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.

  

  Zendaya
  • Love
  • Hate
  • Practice

• Writing is agony. I hate it.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Writing
  • Hate
  • Agony

• I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Free
  • Hate
  • Idea

• You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Hate
  • Tree
  • Roots

• Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • She
  • Hate
  • Along

• 'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.

  

  Jack Zipes
  • Time
  • World
  • Women

• I'm terrified of having a little girl. Girls are more evil than boys.

  

  Lara Stone
  • Girl
  • Evil
  • More

• I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Time
  • Writing

• If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Good
  • Knowledge
  • Evil

• Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Me
  • Like
  • Mentor

• We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet.

  

  Pat Roberts
  • Evil
  • Fight
  • Feet

• I hate to see somebody get locked up, especially someone as talented as Lil Wayne. You know Wayne is a strong figure in the hip-hop marketplace, and for him to go away for 8 months, you know it's sad for hip-hop as a whole.

  

  Fabolous
  • Up
  • Strong
  • Hate

• I always hate having to use the equipment after these huge buff guys who move, like, the entire rack of plates. Then I get on, and move two plates, you know like: CLANK! CLANK! "I'm the two plate guy!" CLANK! CLANK! "Anyone wanna spot me?" CLANK! CLANK!

  

  Brian Regan
  • Guy
  • Hate
  • Moving

• Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Children
  • You
  • Relationships

• People feel like they know me, in a strange way, like they grew up with me or they went to high school with me!

  

  Kellie Martin
  • People
  • Up
  • School

• I have children. I have other concerns. I have other focuses. I really feel very sympathetic and I would love to be able to help but I don't see this as the opportunity, having done 'Extraordinary measures', for me to suddenly leap on a soap box and begin to talk about the pharmaceutical industry or the desperate plight of sick children. I do what I can in my world but I don't have the bona fides to do that right now.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • World
  • Children
  • Love

• I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

  

  Doris Lessing
  • Hate
  • Evil