Abdullah Jahed

“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.”
― Stanley Kubrick

“You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.”
― Stanley Kubrick

“You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.”
― Stanley Kubrick

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
― Christopher Hitchens