Elif Safak Quotes

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.

Elif Safak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: turkish
  • Birth: October 25, 1971

Topics

SocietyMediaEnemyTwoSeeWithin

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Menander

GodHandBoldnessHonestEvenLends

My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

Ann McKee

ChildrenSportsI AmGreenPlayUp

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.

Jeanne Moreau

ChangeMotherAgeOpportunityWoman

Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance.

Tom Cotton

BestPriceKnowWillWayMilitary

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.

Rose Macaulay

LightWrongSometimesConscienceOwn

It is nice to be appreciated by the youngsters.

Ronnie Corbett

NiceAppreciatedYoungsters

That's the thing: once it's in their hands, it's not my book anymore, it's theirs. I have no idea what happens when they start to digest it. So when someone writes me to explain how they read it, what it was like, what they enjoyed, there's a thrill. Writers who don't make their email addresses public are missing out on something wonderful.

Rosecrans Baldwin

MeStartBookSomeoneHandsExplain

It certainly would be helpful going forward for deficit reduction efforts to focus on the medium term while not subtracting from the impetus we need to keep a fragile economy moving forward.

Janet Yellen

FocusMoving ForwardMovingForward

My stories are often a little mysterious.

Chris Van Allsburg

MysteriousLittleStoriesOften

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

Bobby Knight

DayTomorrowPeopleMake It Happen

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

Rickie Lee Jones

BestPoetryThinkReadI Think

I think it's so important just to have confidence in your body. Everyone knows that confidence is sexy, and it's knowing your assets, your strengths, and just playing those up.

Marisa Miller

ConfidenceThinkSexyBodyYour Body

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