"They say men have a sexual thought every 20 seconds. The other 19 are shame."

“The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.”

Source : Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.179, Syracuse University Press

“Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.”

“I've just finished my book, I wrote it on penguins. Come to think of it, paper would have been better.”

“I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.”

“I'm not sure that I 'am' a philosopher - but I do engage with questions that are generally recognized as philosophical questions, such as the character of human existence and what makes for a good human life.”

Source : "Towards hope". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. July 18, 2014.

“To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not.”

Source : "Giants and Dwarfs". Book by Allan Bloom. Chapter: "Western Civ," p. 22, 1990.

“My mind reels with sarcastic replies.”

“My mum always used to buy a record every Friday.”