"Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that he is living in a world in which he is a means and whose end is not his business."

-- Alberto Moravia

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #World Quotes

“Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.”
“The welfare state has bred a generation of obnoxious, drug-addled criminals and ne'er-do-wells. It has also, incidentally, burdened what was once the world's biggest, most dynamic economy with the dead weight of an obstructive and vastly expensive state machine.”
“The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]”
“To the one who delights in the sovereignty of God the clouds not only have a 'silver lining' but they are silver all through, the darkness only serving to offset the light!”
“Sometimes you have to get rid of something that's good, and tinker with something that's better.”
“Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.”
“I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the thing is to take the best decision, what you think is the best. Then, that is the moment where you have to have all the film in your head and imagine how all of that will fit together.”
“And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.”

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