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William Montgomery Watt
"His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad." --
Source : "Mohammad at Mecca". Book by William Montgomery Watt, p. 52, 1953.
William Montgomery Watt
#Integrity Quotes
#Character Quotes
#Greatness Quotes
“I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There stands the shadow of a glorious name.”
“My friends thought I was crazy, that I should wait until I was dead. But I was determined. It is easy to promise but action is different.”
“Manufacture dooms in your head and you will go mad. Reality is incontravertible. Also, it will not be anticipated.”
“As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.”
“I got the whole band set up in the basement and we are jamming.”
“One must be wary of the view that these loose and diverse coalitions represent a new form of globalized participatory democracy. The dissent industry is largely a product of the Internet revolution. Inexpensive, borderless, real-time networking provides advocacy non-governmental organizations [NGOs] with economies of scale and also of scope by linking widely disparate groups with one common theme.”
“Food has it over sex for variety. Hedonistically, gustatory possibilities are much broader than copulatory ones.”