Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?
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I do like people who have not yet made up their minds about everything, who in fact are still receiving
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A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
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If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?
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...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables.
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I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Count them, Alice. One, there are drinks that make you shrink. Two, there are foods that make you grow. Three, animals can talk. Four, cats can disappear. Five, there is a place called Underland. Six, I can slay the Jabberwocky.
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Having a hangover with small children is never a good idea. I did it once and it was the biggest mistake I've ever made, I've never felt so ill in my life. You have to get out of bed and look after your kid who doesn't care if you've got a sore head.
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And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.
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When men see an attractive woman, they fantasize about sex. When women see an attractive man they fantasize about a relationship.
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I like to produce my own records, because I know in my head where I want to take it.
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Spend an afternoon with them sharing the latest research on the treatment of traumatized children, adolescents, and their families. The same is true for many of my colleagues. These countries have already made a commitment to universal health care, ensuring a guaranteed minimum wage, paid parental leave for both parents after a child is born, and high-quality childcare for all working mothers.
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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
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I have no recipe for how to combine things. But you must be sincere. And if you are, strangely, it will succeed.
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
