Mechai Viravaidya Quotes

In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning.

Mechai Viravaidya

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 17, 1941

Topics

FamilySufferingPlanningSaidCause

I wanted to be my own boss. I was fascinated by airlines and how I could change travel for the average person. Then I wanted to diversify.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

ChangeTravelBossPersonMy Own

It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.

Jonathan Safran Foer

PossibleOwnWonderfulSomething

Morning is the best time to see movies.

Christopher Walken

MorningTimeBestMoviesSee

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.

Bob Geldof

ChildrenMenStudySingleAgainst

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Arthur Conan Doyle

MistakeDataCapitalBefore

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

LovePeopleTrainAnimalsWildLike

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Alice Walker

PeopleLanguageViewYouUnderstand

If I'm not in the dead heat of working on something, I can end up spending tons and tons of time on the Web, and I hate it. I feel the same shame I did in grad school when I was pretty much addicted to reruns of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. I wish someone would make the Web just go away. Just remove it from the earth.

Susan Choi

TimeHateSchoolEndGeneration

I don't go to pubs.

Peter Capaldi

GoPubs

I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early on in the race. I was crazy enough to think I could win. After seven miles I thought I would die, but I slowed down my pace and kept going.

Sean Combs

I AmNew YorkCityCrazyWinThink

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

Richard Pryor

StruggleBlessedBelieveThinkYou

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.

Richard Cobden

ThinkNameYouCountryMapEurope

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