All Quotes

"“Women must strive to be independent, knowledgeable, and skilled.”"

"“Women must have the right to obtain education equal to that of men.”"

"“In addition to proper education, indigenous women must be equipped with high-quality learning.”"

"“The expansion of knowledge will greatly influence the morality of indigenous women. Such knowledge can only be obtained through schooling.”"

"“How sad it is for those who cannot read and write, for such people are like those living in darkness, or like blind people walking in broad daylight. Therefore, a woman must be able to do everything.”"

"“A woman must be capable of many things in order to survive!”"

"“Being a woman means having many skills so that one can live.”"

"“For that is how you will become valuable and appreciate life.”"

"“Love for this nation must be realized by educating its future generations.”"

"“Never consider a mischievous act trivial when it may trouble others. Whether small or large, it is the same.”"

"“Instead of taking the trouble to play around and make life difficult for others, why don’t you take the trouble to make others happy? You may be praised instead of hated.”"

"You shouldn’t be scared or worry too much about pleasing everyone. Sometimes, you wonder about the applause after your performance. As long as you give your best, that’s all that matters."

"Welcome to the year 2030. Welcome to my city — or should I say, "our city". I don't own anything. I don't own a car. I don't own a house. I don't own any appliances or any clothes. It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all these things became free, so it ended up not making sense for us to own much."

"In our city we don't pay any rent, because someone else is using our free space whenever we do not need it. My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there."

"Shopping? I can't really remember what that is. For most of us, it has been turned into choosing things to use. Sometimes I find this fun, and sometimes I just want the algorithm to do it for me. It knows my taste better than I do by now."

"My biggest concern is all the people who do not live in our city. Those we lost on the way. Those who decided that it became too much, all this technology. Those who felt obsolete and useless when robots and AI took over big parts of our jobs. Those who got upset with the political system and turned against it. They live different kind of lives outside of the city. Some have formed little self-supplying communities. Others just stayed in the empty and abandoned houses in small 19th century villages."

"Once in awhile I get annoyed about the fact that I have no real privacy. No where I can go and not be registered. I know that, somewhere, everything I do, think and dream of is recorded. I just hope that nobody will use it against me."

"All in all, it is a good life. Much better than the path we were on, where it became so clear that we could not continue with the same model of growth. We had all these terrible things happening: lifestyle diseases, climate change, the refugee crisis, environmental degradation, completely congested cities, water pollution, air pollution, social unrest and unemployment. We lost way too many people before we realised that we could do things differently."

"За чѣмъ, онъ говоритъ ему: Достоинствамъ, уму, Богатство свѣтъ предпочитаетъ?— „Легко, мой другъ! понять: ‎Достоинства не льзя занять, ‎А деньги всякой занимаетъ.„"

"I spent it building my career (in Dubai), building it from scratch. I started from zero. And when I was finally in a position where I was already comfortable in terms of my lifestyle in Dubai, I was already 26, and I felt that this chapter or this aspect in my life, it’s not yet complete."

"And I feel like if I forgo this pageant career, then I would spend the rest of my life regretting why I didn’t do it. It was such a difficult decision, but it paid off. It paid off eventually and I’m just so glad that I made that decision, I made that risk."

"It serves also as a message to everyone that if your dreams mean more to you than money, than fame, or than anything else, then it’s worth pursuing. It’s worth risking everything. You can see that in the life that I live. And now I am proud to be Bb. Pilipinas Globe. I left my life there, but I’m beginning anew here. And I began it with a bang."

"This journey of mine is a testament really that it’s not too late to pursue your dreams. I was already — I mean I’m already 26 when I took this leap of faith, but it paid off in the end. So just be brave in your decisions in life and fully commit to it and it will pay off."

"I think that by constantly questioning what goes on around them, writers end up with the gift of foresight."

"Creative writing programs are an invention of American universities. In the Francophone world we believe that the power to write is a gift which cannot be taught. My fondness for writing comes from my knowledge of literature from different parts of the world. It is by reading certain authors that I learned how to write and influence my readers. I have never studied otherwise. Reading for me is my master. (2017)"

"Remember: Simple is sometimes best."

"Be the glue that holds it all together, if you can be, and it's ok if you can't yet - it will be ok!"

"I think what matters the most - is what kind of person you are and were. The rest can get sorted later."

"DO A ZINE ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS"

"You can't avoid this, kid. This is what we do."

"I'm suddenly not entirely sure where I stand with you."

"So you owe me... Only kidding. I'm NHS; free of charge!"

"Nothing wrong with peace and respite, Samson."

"When the infected attack, what do they see? What do they think they're attacking?"

"Samson! Did it work, my friend? Were you lost and now are found?"

"So why would you think that I was...? Oh, you-- My skin color. The bones. Well, you can relax; I'm not Satan."

"I remember details. Events and people. But what it was actually like to live with shops and fridges and telephones and personal computers? I have no real memory of that at all. That said, I do remember there was a sense of certainty. The world had a-- an order. A way about it. There were dramas and upheavals, inevitably, but the foundations... They seemed unshakable."

"I’m delighted that Alaa Abd El-Fattah is back in the UK and has been reunited with his loved ones, who must be feeling profound relief... Alaa's case has been a top priority for my government since we came to office."

"Okay, let's turn this up to eleven."

"Are you watching, Father? Master. Dark Lord. Are you ready to see if the boy has what it takes to be a Finger? Good! Okay. Fight."

"Do you not know the Teletubbies? Ah, they're glorious! They had televisions on their tums. And on television, they viewed themselves, but with another television on their tums, which they also viewed themselves on. And so on and so on, ad infinitum."

"What the internet has truly changed is not political dissent, but rather social dissent. We must protect it as a safe space where people can experiment with gender and sexual identities, explore what it means to be gay or a single mom or an atheist or a Christian in the Middle East, but also what it means to be black and angry in the US, to be Muslim and ostracized in Europe, or to be a coal miner in a world that must cut back on greenhouse gases. The internet is the only space where all different modes of being Palestinian can meet. If I express this precariousness in symbolic violence, will you hear me out? Will you protect me from both prosecution by the establishment and exploitation by the well-funded fringe extremists?"

"can we get back to killing zionists please? they seem to be more violent when we stick to non violence."

"Unfortunately, the Iranian nuclear project isn't dedicated to the extermination of the white man; Bin Laden's odds are higher."

"Dear Zionists, please don’t ever talk to me, I’m a violent person who advocated the killing of all Zionists including civilians, so f--- off."

"So the brilliant British dogs and monkeys really think terrorists will reveal their plans on Twitter."

"there was no genocide against Jews by the Nazis – after all, many Jews are left."

"Now my real criticism of these post-police murder riots is the wrong focus, go burn the City or Downing Street, or hunt police fools."

"police are not human...They don’t have rights, we should just kill them all."

"I consider killing any colonialists and specially zionists heroic, we need to kill more of them."