Ahmed Zewail Quotes
In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.
Quotes to Explore
-
Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
-
I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
-
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
-
Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
-
Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
-
This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
-
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
-
My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
-
If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
-
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
-
In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
-
Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
-
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
-
So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
-
Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
-
The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
-
You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
-
Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
-
You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.
-
I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.
-
I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.
-
I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.
-
The way I feel is I have to keep going out there and proving people. I don't want to be just a guy who has a couple of good years and then that's it.
-
In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.
