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“Assume that everybody can see what you are doing and then live your life that way - you will find that generally you are treated right.”
Source : "InternetTraffic.com Shakes Up Domain Parking Industry – with Frank Schilling". Interview with Michael Cyger, www.domainsherpa.com. May 31, 2011.
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“I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.”
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“Religion is love; in no case is it logic.”
Source : My Apprenticeship ch. 2 (1926)
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“The collateralized debt obligation, the CDO, is a structure which allows you to more or less continuously choose how much risk you want to take in a whole batch of securities. And the reason why they got us into so much trouble is that it's hard to figure out how much risk you really are taking.”
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“My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.”
Source : William Soutar (2000). “Into a Room: Selected Poems of William Soutar”, Argyll Publishing
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“Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity.”
Source : "Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power".
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“I heard friends and strangers saying, "You don't look Arab - what are you supposed to be?" It really is a tired old problem for children of immigrants and kids of mixed race, constantly trying to explain yourself. Eventually, you give up and say, "Okay, what do you think I am?" When you're in the midst of it, you come to understand that "race" is a loose social construct, a series of visual impressions, and that your identity can be whatever the hell crazy thing you want it to be, you just have to grow a sense of humor and cultivate selective deafness.”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“My politics just kind of developed over time as a reaction.”