"Iran has a young population, and the desire to get out from under conservative religious social restrictions and to be able to speak their mind without fear of arrest is palpable. But nearly seven years after authorities crushed massive street protests, reformers are still threatened with arrest and expectations for change are extremely low."

-- Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

#Religious Quotes #Iran Quotes #Years Quotes

“Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.”
“He loved constantly, instantly, spontaneously, without thought or words. That's what he taught me. Love is not something you think about, it is a state in which you dwell. That was his gift.”
“Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence of sincere and supreme love to him.”

Source : "Works: With a Memoir of His Life".
“May I search it?" she asked. "We screen for weapons." I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. "Of course not. I have no weapons.”
“I used to believe that you could change the culture or behavior of a company. I still believe it's possible, but it is at least a five to ten year process, if you are successful at all. More recently, I have been attracted to the ideas of the behavioralist, Edgar Schein. Schein has argued that you cannot change the culture of a company, but you can use the culture of a company to create change. It's an interesting approach to overcoming resistance. And if you can change how a company does its work, you might eventually be able to change how its people think.”
“He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.”

Source : Iain Pears (1999). “AN Instance of the Fingerpost”, p.112, Penguin
“Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.”
“How do I explain Neil Young? Great question! I explain Neil Young as, I would kill to see his acoustic shows.”

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