William Montgomery Watt Quotes
"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a "Muslim" as "one surrendered to God," but I believe that embedded in the Quran and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn, and 'Islam is certainly a strong contender for the supplying of the basic framework of the one religion of the future.'"
Quotes to Explore
-
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
-
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
-
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
-
It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
-
I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
-
Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
-
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
-
We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
-
Belief is thought at rest.
-
The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
-
Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation.
-
And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
-
I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
-
I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
-
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
-
If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
-
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
-
Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
-
There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about.
-
I did do Broadway for a little less than a year and realized quickly I don't have a passion for it and, more importantly, I don't have a talent in it.
-
A lot of illustrators have one central character and then they develop it, and all their books are based around it. But that was not my wish. I wanted to introduce children to the whole creative side of many aspects of life.
-
I like small, domestic stories.
-
I believe human beings mark a threshold in the development of the planet, of course, but it is only part of the picture. What Big History can do is show us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us, but it can also show us our power, with collective learning.
-
"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a "Muslim" as "one surrendered to God," but I believe that embedded in the Quran and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn, and 'Islam is certainly a strong contender for the supplying of the basic framework of the one religion of the future.'"
