"In the corridors of diplomacy people ï»¿ gradually tend to lose their capacity to distinguish between what is important and what isn't."

-- Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

#People Quotes #Important Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“Because on that watch list, they would be like, yeah, your name - they told me like, yeah, your name matches the name of a terrorist or someone that they're watching. I was just like, what terrorist is running around with a Hebrew first name and a Muslim - Arabic last - I'm like, who's that guy?”
“When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.”

Source : 'Absolute and Abitofhell' (1913)
“Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.”
“The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. It has given us a brain that survives in a changing world by changing itself.”

Source : Norman Doidge (2007). “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science”, p.26, Penguin
“[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty - that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.”
“that person is lonely who has no one for whom he or she is Number One.”

Source : Helene Deutsch (1973). “Confrontations with Myself: An Epilogue”, W. W. Norton
“The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first course could include a dollop of Italian in 1492, but not Spanish spice or French sauce or too much Indian corn. Nothing too filling or fancy ahead of the turkey and pumpkin pie, just the way Grandma used to cook it.”

Source : Tony Horwitz (2008). “A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World”, Henry Holt and Company
“The thing about India is that while they will miss Sachin, they have the ability to put out another batsman nearly as good.”

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