Javed Jilani > Javed's Quotes

“We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living.”
― Stephen King, Duma Key

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“A trademark of something that works well, the cat body has hardly changed since its inception. Like with today's cats, their digestive systems could handle only flesh. The lesson of the cat is that if you are to become a full-fledged carnivore, you have to commit everything to it. A house cat fed vegetarian food will shrivel and die.”
― Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

“In His infinite mercy, Allah has
sent the light of Ramadan to erase the night. He has sent the month of the Qur’an so that He might
elevate us and bring us from our isolation to His nearness.”
― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

“In my view, philanthropy goes against the grain; therefore it generates a lot of hypocrisy and many paradoxes. Here are some examples: Philanthropy is supposed to be devoted to the benefit of others, but philanthropists are primarily concerned with their own benefit; philanthropy is supposed to help people, yet it often makes people dependent and turns them into objects of charity; applicants tell foundations what they want to hear, then proceed to do what the applicant wants to do.”
― George Soros

“I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.”
― George Soros

“My peculiarity is that I don't have a particular style of investing or, more exactly, I try to change my style to fit the conditions.”
― George Soros, Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

“मैं ईसा की तरह सूली पर से यह नहीं कहता - पिता, उन्हें क्षमा कर। वे नहीं जानते वे क्या कर रहे हैं। मैं कहता - पिता, इन्हें हरगिज क्षमा न करना। ये कम्बख्त जानते हैं कि ये क्या कर रहे हैं।”
― Harishankar Parsai, विकलांग श्रद्धा का दौर

“It had been more than a year since the Joker’s conquest of America and we were all still in shock and going through the stages of grief but now we needed to come together and set love and beauty and solidarity and friendship against the monstrous forces that faced us. Humanity was the only answer to the cartoon. I had no plan except love. I hoped another plan might emerge in time but for now there was only holding each other tightly and passing strength to each other, body to body, mouth to mouth, spirit to spirit, me to you.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Golden House

“Every mother want her children to be like their father; except politicians”
― rassool jibraeel snyman