Mohammed Ali

“WHAT'S WRONG WITH ASSHOLES, BABY? YOU'VE GOT AN ASSHOLE, I'VE GOT AN ASSHOLE! YOU GO TO THE STORE AND BUY A PORTERHOUSE STEAK, THAT HAD AN ASSHOLE! ASSHOLES COVER THE EARTH! IN A WAY TREES HAVE ASSHOLES BUT YOU CAN'T FIND THEM, THEY JUST DROP THEIR LEAVES. YOUR ASSHOLE, MY ASSHOLE, THE WORLD IS FULL OF BILLIONS OF ASSHOLES. THE PRESIDENT HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE CARWASH BOY HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE JUDGE AND THE MURDERER HAVE ASSHOLES . . . EVEN THE PURPLE STICKINPIN HAS AN ASSHOLE!”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

“حين ترغب فتاة شابة في الزواج فهي ترغب في شيء تجهله تماماً. والشاب الذي يركض وراء المجد لا يملك أدنى فكرة عن المجد. لذلك، فإن الشيء الذي يعطى معنى لتصرفاتنا شيء نجهله تماماً.”
― ميلان كونديرا

“أنت تؤمن بالمثل القائل عن بلدنا إنها بلد بتاعة شهادات وأنا أحب أن أرى من ألف هذا المثل الكاذب لأضربه جزمتين على بوزه !! نحن بلد لا قيمة للشهادات فيها حتى شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله يقولونها برو عتب !!”
― خيري شلبي, وكالة عطية

“I know a man who drives 600 yards to work. I know a woman who gets in her car to go a quarter of a mile to a college gymnasium to walk on a treadmill, then complains passionately about the difficulty of finding a parking space. When I asked her once why she didn't walk to the gym and do five minutes less on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being willfully provocative. 'Because I have a program for the treadmill,' she explained. 'It records my distance and speed, and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty.' It hadn't occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard.”
― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail