"I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy."

-- Norman Finkelstein

#Betrayal Quotes #Views Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Love is the law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man.”

Source : Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.64, Duncan Baird Publishers
“Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.136, Spectra
“Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.188, Penguin
“Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key to the success and never-ending beauty and harmony of Realism.”
“It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.”
“I think the American people should see that the corporations abandoned them long ago. That people will have to build their own economies and rebuild democracy as a living democracy. The corporations belong to no land, no country, no people. They have no loyalty to anything apart from their profits. And the profits today are on an unimaginable scale; it has become illegitimate, criminal profit â€” profits extracted at the cost of life.”

Source : "Making the connection". www.share-international.org. June 2011.
“Don't just parent your kids, develop them.”
“I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.”

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