"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you."

-- Roald Dahl

#Eye Quotes #Watches Quotes #World Quotes

“Now let the matter rest as it is, or as it may be, what avail useless speculations? What is to occur we do not know; still in so far we do! what God wills!”
“Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty.”
“Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region... No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.”

Source : "Iran Leader Urges Destruction of 'cancerous' Israel". Friday sermon, edition.cnn.com. December 15, 2000.
“I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.”
“Sometime when I was in my mid-twenties I noticed, "Hey, even I don't go into too many art galleries. Why? Because I don't like the vibe in them. If even I'm not going into galleries, then who goes into art galleries in the first place?" It's just a certain, very narrow percentage of the population.”
“If you were a tree, what kind would you be?”
“Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.”

Source : "Anti-Americanism: Comparative perspectives". Book by Brendon O'Connor, Martin Griffiths, 2007.
“A successful business maximizes the present value of future earnings. The first requirement, therefore, of business success is sustainable profits. One-time winnings, in business as in casinos, are disappointing. We expect more from our investments than that.”

Source : Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.2, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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