Daniel Pipes Quotes

Any Westerner can now buy a Koran for a dollar and burn it, while any Muslim with a platform can transform that act into a fighting offense. As passions rise on both sides of the divide, Western provocateurs and Islamist hotheads have found each other, as confrontations occur with increasing frequency.

Daniel Pipes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 9, 1949

Topics

FightingRiseBurnNowSidesDollar

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

John Dryden

BodyDownSpiritShameBreaking

I would always pick pop songs and would sing them even if they were not correct for the audition - which didn't always get me a lot of jobs, but sometimes they did.

Andrew Rannells

MeSometimesAlwaysGetSingPop

We try to get the best performance out of the artists. There is no point in saying to them, 'You're useless.'

Andrew Lloyd Webber

BestPerformanceSayingYouTryOut

I never expected to win a Grand Slam because, for me, I was not good enough to beat those guys.

Stan Wawrinka

GoodMeNot Good EnoughWinEnough

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

Rumi

BeautifulEyeFairLovelyEverything

We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies.

Lisa Murkowski

GoodUncertaintyPlaceNothingTalk

Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

Derek Walcott

PerformancePossibleModesty

I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

Deval Patrick

ToughViewOpenExperiencesGifts

With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.

Douglas Kennedy

GreatTimeI AmBookForwardDown

No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don't mind going up to people when I'm out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.

Christen Press

PeopleMindChanceBetterNothing

There's nothing worse than not being excited about a trip.

Christina Tosi

NothingExcitedBeingWorseTrip

I'm a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

Brooke Burns

GirlManDoorChairOpenOut

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