Top 57 Atta Quotes
#1. Every time meditators try to control their thoughts or feelings, they are identifying personally (atta) with it and this causes more pain and frustration.
Bhante Vimalaramsi
#2. Dr. Yei," Bannerji objected, "if you're trying to knock a man out you've got to hit him a lot harder than that." Yei recoiled fearfully as Van Atta surged up out of his seat. "I didn't want to risk killing him . . ." "Why not?" muttered Bannerji under his breath. Furiously,
Lois McMaster Bujold
#3. I knew Mohamed Atta had something to do in this operation. I knew definitely that the White House and World Trade Centre would be hit. I knew it would happen after August. I was told it would happen at the end of the summer.
Zacarias Moussaoui
#4. With the increasing price levels, the farmers are benefiting. Dal, atta, vegetables have all become expensive. I am happy with this price rise. The more the prices rise the better it is for farmers
Beni Prasad Verma
#7. I can't say L'Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.
Sefi Atta
#8. I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail.
Sefi Atta
#9. I'm disciplined about writing. I get up every day knowing I have to produce work. I'm less concerned about other aspects of the job, such as the prizes and promotions. Promoting my work can be awkward, unless I feel sociable enough. Prizes encourage me to work harder on my next project.
Sefi Atta
#10. Lost Decency (a memoir) covers three phases of Afghanistan's last 50 years (Where it was? What Happened and Where it is headed?)
Atta Arghandiwal
#11. Sure! A relationship with the Almighty is not impossible. We must realize that one's approach to the Presence of Almighty Being, who is absolutely unseen, is possible by means of fortification of spiritual power via one's complete faith in His Self-reliant Being.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#12. My accountancy experience could come in handy if ever I find myself in the right position. For now, I'm very happy to write.
Sefi Atta
#13. Ridiculous! I couldn't marry, mate, or whatever it entailed with Zane. He was a werewolf. With my assorted background
I was all for interracial relationships. Interspecies? - The jury was still out on that possibility.
Carol Van Atta
#14. I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a day. I dislike first drafts. Revision is a lot more fun, but it takes years.
Sefi Atta
#15. Man is the weak being who, in spite of all his self-importance and pride of wealth and capital, is vanquished by the smallest microbe.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#16. Everybody hates death, fears death, but only those, the believers who know the life after death and the reward after death, would be the ones who will be seeking death.
Mohamed Atta
#17. People don't fear the wind until it fells a tree. Then, they say it's too much.
Sefi Atta
#19. I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.
Sefi Atta
#20. We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you will be okay. We are returning to the airport. Nobody move, everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves you'll endanger yourself and the airplane.
Mohamed Atta
#21. For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.
Sefi Atta
#22. You don't need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story you genuinely care about. Readers can sense your sincerity and it separates you from pretenders.
Sefi Atta
#23. I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.
Sefi Atta
#25. Man is the being who is involuntarily and voluntarily busy with himself and his surroundings, between two broadcasting stations of good and evil, until one or the other ultimately prevails.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#26. I'm always working on something new and while I'm working, I'm absorbed with my characters, their conflicts,my language and settings. I'm in another place and it is a shock to come out and consider my previous works.
Sefi Atta
#27. Peppercorn is black and so is the beauty mark of the moon-faces -both rend the heart, yet between them lie enormous spaces
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#28. It is delightful some times to sit with an ingenious friend, He understands you before you having said anything.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#29. You should pray, you should fast. You should ask God for guidance, you should ask God for help ... Continue to pray throughout this night. Continue to recite the Quran.
Mohamed Atta
#30. I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.
Sefi Atta
#31. I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought I should name my own books.A Bit of Difference seems just right.
Sefi Atta
#32. 've had notebooks, but they are nondescript. All I care about is that they fit in my hand. I scribble down ideas. The problem is my best ideas come while I'm driving or showering.
Sefi Atta
#33. Man is the being who needs a social life in order to secure mutual well-being. This has brought him much comfort. If man can generate this social life worldwide, it will be much better.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#34. When the confrontation begins, strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world. Shout, "Allahu Akbar," because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.
Mohamed Atta
#36. I don't have much of an imagination, but I have a mind bank of details, which I play with. It's how I daydream, so writing like that is natural for me.
Sefi Atta
#37. I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings.
Sefi Atta
#38. I pray to you God to forgive me from all my sins, to allow me to glorify you in every possible way.
Mohamed Atta
#39. Remind yourself that in this night you will face many challenges. But you have to face them and understand it 100 percent ... Obey God, his messenger, and don't fight among yourself where you become weak, and stand fast, God will stand with those who stood fast.
Mohamed Atta
#40. She says the lesson to learn is that the world is round, which means that if I run too fast I might end up chasing the very homeland I am running from.
Sefi Atta
#41. I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, "To each his own."
Sefi Atta
#42. Man is the being, among whom only a small minority of the elite ones, find the Greatness of Glorious God, from the study of things and therefrom acquire perfect faith. But the same tool has become the means of deviation for the rest of them.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#43. What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I'm no longer concerned about what happens in the literary marketplace. It is distracting and can lead to discontent.
Sefi Atta
#45. Keep a very open mind, keep a very open heart of what you are to face. You will be entering paradise. You will be entering the happiest life, everlasting life.
Mohamed Atta
#46. I enjoy writing plays most. I haven't written a radio play in a while and I don't write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain.
Sefi Atta
#47. Keep ambitions high, in front of God and people, Your credibility will be in proportion to your ambitions
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#48. I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations.
Sefi Atta
#49. I don't write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use my memory of settings, events and people. I weave history into my stories, but my narratives are made up.
Sefi Atta
#50. Man is the being who has built controllers for every stubborn element, but he has not been able to build one for his Ego.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#51. Man's Heart serves as a transmitter and receiver from person to person and from servant to Glorious God.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#52. I had stopped writing plays set in villages because they were not relevant to my experiences and I knew my English classmates wouldn't appreciate them.
Sefi Atta
#53. As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African.
Sefi Atta
#54. O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#55. At some point, practicality requires that you reach out to people in the business. You have to take care of business if you value your work.
Sefi Atta
#56. Words" he growled.
His mental message almost changed my mind.
"Your all the fun I need, Chloe. When will you figure it out? I. Want.You.
Carol Van Atta
#57. Seeing it was James McQuillen who'd spoken so casually to Zane, sent a jolt of electricity down my spine; I readied my torpedoes. Target, the betraying bastard's manipulating mind. This Judas wouldn't have a chance to hang himself. I'd beat him to it.
Carol Van Atta
