Khaled Abou El Fadl Quotes

#1. Wahhabism goes and takes elements from the Islamic tradition that are most oppressive of women, and highlights and enlarges them and makes them the whole of Islam. In my view, that's a clear corruption of the Islamic tradition.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#2. If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

Amy Lowell

#3. If human beings pretend to be God, then forget about democracy. If they understand that no human being can represent God, then sure.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#4. We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

Beyonce Knowles

#5. The American obliviousness towards the suffering of Palestinians refugees plays a major part in radicalizing people. And we are fanning the flames of puritanism.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#6. I live a very balanced life. I am very good at delegating responsibilities.

Cynthia Carroll

#7. Ignore and avoid the negative. Just don't waste your time. Keep committed to the positive. Seek Allah's mercy & guidance.

Yusuf Badat

#8. All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.

Michael Moritz

#9. You can get busy living, get busy dying, or get busy writing.

Anon

#10. There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future will reveal its merits.

Hannah Arendt

#11. Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#12. Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#13. For me, vulnerability led to anxiety, which led to shame, which led to disconnection, which led to Bud Light.

Brene Brown

#14. It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.

Herman Melville

#15. I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC.

Joe Lando

#16. People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be - not what you nag them to be.

Scudder Parker

#17. Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic history there have been well over two thousand women jurists.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#18. Parallel tough-guy nods. Man fix boat! Man be strong!
"What now?" I asked, hoping to divert the two from actually beating their chests.

Kathy Reichs

#19. I've written a book entitled Islam: the Challenges of Democracy, because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic tradition and Islamic theology, and there's a lot in there that would support democratic ideals.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#20. If Bill Gates is worth $30 billion then a good haircut must cost $31 billion

Dennis Miller

#21. The critical question is how a religious tradition is interpreted. Is it interpreted in ways that are pro-human rights or in ways that are a throwback to the Dark Ages?

Khaled Abou El Fadl

#22. You called the guy you're supposed to rescue a nerd, and you just referenced Star Trek. You don't find that a bit nerdy?

A.J. Wiliams