Mahmoud Abbas Quotes
We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
-
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
-
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
-
Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
-
During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
-
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
-
By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
-
Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
-
I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
-
I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.
-
I dress for men.
-
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
-
Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
-
I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
-
I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
-
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
-
'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
-
Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
-
Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize it as a Ghanaian name. They come up to me and are always so excited. You don't think about it, but they really absorb American culture.
-
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
-
What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.
-
Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
-
We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.
