Stephen Kinzer Quotes
The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.
Quotes to Explore
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I love the Americans. They are my best friends.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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When I'm away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.
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All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.
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Sex is emotion in motion.
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Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
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Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.
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To learn your artistry and to be able to perfect that, is overwhelming. Especially when you are exuding love. The human emotion is a very delicate thing, so you have to be careful about how you present it because it can be kind of scary, or too overwhelming if you're not careful. So I try to just keep it love.
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Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.
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Fear is the one emotion that unleashed can destroy anything and anyone.
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I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
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Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.
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The Eastern Europeans invested too many of their hopes in the notion that somehow or other the missile shield, even if directed at Iran, would reinforce their security links with the U.S. vis-à-vis Russia.
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Iran has made vile comments, anti-Semitic comments, comments about the destruction of Israel. It is precisely for that reason that even before I became president, I said Iran could not have a nuclear weapon.
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The secret of life is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
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Napoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit: With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an equal (usually greater) positive benefit.
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Hope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.
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Jazz is for joy. It's for euphoria, it's for emotion, and anguish, and excitement, and all of the joys that great art can produce, and if it loses that, then it's lost everything.
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.
