Samad Quotes

#1. Where I come from," said Archie, "a bloke likes to get to know a girl before he marries her."
"Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does not mean," said Samad tersely, "that it is a good idea.

Zadie Smith

#2. Cigarettes took them to medals, which took them to guns, which took them to radios, which took them to jeeps. By midnight, Samad had won three jeeps, seven guns, fourteen medals, the land attached to Gozan's sister's house, and an IOU for four horses, three chickens and a duck.

Zadie Smith

#3. But the Alim laughed at this. 'And we know who they are. Allah have pity on the Anglicans! Samad, when the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intellect go away,' said the Alim, shaking his head. 'And one third of his religion.

Zadie Smith

#4. I seem to be good at speaking the politicians' language," Szilard said. "Apparently there's an advantage around here to being mildly socially retarded, and that's the Special Forces for sure.

John Scalzi

#5. A man who reads effeminate may well be consistently heterosexual, and another one might be gay. We can't read sexuality off of gender.

Judith Butler

#6. On the bleakst days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give theam a chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again. (p. 193)

Tahereh Mafi

#7. Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out of emotional difficulties. That takes something altogether different. You have to make yourself passive then, and just listen. Re-establish contact with a slice of eternity.

Etty Hillesum

#8. The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor.

Jack Welch

#9. It is better to die fighting than to die on your knees.

Emiliano Zapata

#10. You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.

Don Kardong

#11. No matter how big or small the service is, Always express your Thanks to the person who served you.

Mohith Agadi

#12. We were just two people headed in the same direction, and walking together was better than walking alone. Love should be more than that.

Bette Lee Crosby

#13. I know it's only Rock & Roll, but I like it.

Rolling Stones

#14. 'Stimela' is the very first video I directed. I wanted it to be an emotional visual art piece, displaying humans as free, powerful animals. We are all running from something or searching for something; our instincts have been ignored.

Wynter Gordon

#15. I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.

Tom Ford

#16. I might face death any minute now! But I should try not to put myself in harms' way as long as I can live. Of course it is not important if I die, because this is going to happen anyway. I know my purpose, my purpose is: How will my life or death impact the lives of others?

Samad Behrangi

#17. Love corrupts and absolute love corrupts absolutely. The unreasonable systems of men, that is.

Silvia Hartmann

#18. I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and richer.

Ellsworth Kelly

#19. Nicaragua is becoming the least expensive Caribbean destination ...

Arthur Frommer