Peter Maurer Quotes

Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.

Peter Maurer

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• Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Money
  • Power
  • Limits

• I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Time
  • Death
  • Beautiful

• To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame

• Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • White
  • Though
  • Hispanic

• He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • God
  • Day
  • Protection

• The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Peace
  • Point
  • Election

• Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.

  

  Sally Jewell
  • You
  • Succeed
  • Banking

• I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • People
  • Good
  • Business

• To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.

  

  Walther Bothe
  • May
  • First
  • Example

• I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Problems
  • Feminist

• I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Truth
  • More
  • Rumors

• Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Great
  • Always
  • Dreams

• Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • World
  • Job
  • Hope

• I love looking at people who have achieved a lot - even Kim Kardashian, who has made a brand out of being a reality TV star; I applaud that.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • People
  • Star
  • Brand

• According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • House
  • Action
  • Intelligence

• It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • House
  • Finance
  • Rent

• What our fans want, what our fans believe, what our fans are interested in is why we are what we are. But, nevertheless, ultimately we have to do the things that we believe are essential for the long-term health of the game, of the league, and of all of our franchises.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Why

• Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Achieve
  • Boring
  • Fitness

• Middle school left some scars, as I'm sure it did for many of us. When my body started to change, I felt a bit like I was living inside a stranger. People began responding to me differently, which was confusing.

  

  Dan Amboyer
  • People
  • School
  • Scars

• I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Way

• Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. ... Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark.

  

  Gerard De Nerval
  • Serious
  • Animal
  • Creatures

• Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.

  

  Peter Maurer
  • Humanity
  • Scars