"I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seatbelt?’ And you say, ‘I don’t think you should drive your car off the cliff.’ And they say, ‘No, no, that bit’s already been decided—the question is whether to wear a seatbelt.’ And you say, ‘Well, you might as well wear a seatbelt.’ And then they say, ‘We’ve consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says . . . .’"

-- Rory Stewart

#Thinking Quotes #Car Quotes #Experts Quotes

“I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.”
“It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something to be grateful for.”
“When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in.”

Source : "Magical Ben Okri casts a spell on his readers". Interview with Nima Elbagir, edition.cnn.com. June 28, 2011.
“Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.”

Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.162, Univ of California Press
“Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.”
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.”
“If I had a hotdog in my hand, he would've had tomato ketchup on his face.”
“Mindfulness develops attention, concentration and the ability to simply be present with little or no future orientation, past orientation or goal orientationâ€”choosing to be a human being rather than a human doing.”

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