Saadi Quotes

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

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• When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.

  

  Nalini Nadkarni
  • Important
  • Nature
  • Deep

• I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Want
  • Shoes
  • Champagne

• Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Pretty
  • Die
  • Fire

• A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

  

  Patrick Murray
  • Truth
  • Win
  • Lawyer

• In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.

  

  Wale
  • Think
  • Reality
  • Nothing

• The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

  

  Ovid
  • Fortune
  • Prayers
  • Cowards

• We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Time
  • Great
  • Society

• In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Mother
  • Bible
  • Drink

• I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Life
  • Long
  • Money

• Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Feel
  • Speak
  • Performance

• I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Like
  • Famous
  • Two

• The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • People
  • Energy
  • Unique

• For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Women
  • Decision
  • Perspective

• Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Why
  • Will
  • Debt

• I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • World
  • Future

• It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Dream
  • Always
  • Dance

• My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.

  

  Carl Weathers
  • Love
  • Acting
  • Kid

• Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Done
  • Power
  • Know

• When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we do now.

  

  Dan Hawkins
  • Energy
  • Now
  • Fast

• For me, philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race or religion.

  

  Bobby Sager
  • Religion
  • Human Beings
  • Investment

• China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.

  

  Obiageli Ezekwesili
  • Good
  • Opportunity
  • Respect

• ... none seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing, but from the abuse of a very good thing.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Abuse

• If sentiment doesn't ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • People
  • Memories

• Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

  

  Saadi
  • Good
  • Society
  • Opportunity