"Either I conquer Istanbul or Istanbul conquers me."

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Mehmed the Conqueror

#Istanbul Quotes #Conquer Quotes

“But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation.”
“I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today.”
“A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.”
“What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.”
“This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.”
“A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of society. To cut off the income of the useless will not impair their efficiency. They have none to impair. It will, in fact, compel them to acquire a useful function.”
“I just love New York, I love the people. The energy of the place. I really feel energized working here. I've always been made to feel very welcome, and it's a tremendous city.”
“Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.”

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