Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.

Naguib Mahfouz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: egyptian
  • Birth: December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006

Topics

SufferingPoliticalMeaningPeculiar

I never doubted my place in the world.

Michael Bastian

WorldPlaceNeverDoubted

The way my parents brought me up to see the world is still absolutely key to what I am about. The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Stella McCartney

NatureRespectI AmParentsWorld

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

Ruth Handler

SuccessTimeAmazingDegreeLength

I have a two-year-old at home, and my whole life is - besides revolved around keeping this little person alive, just watching them on the stairs and eating food and everything of every minute of every day - you plan what time you're going to bed so that you can be your best self first thing in the morning.

Rosemarie DeWitt

LifeHomeMorningTimeFoodBest

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Jean Baudrillard

WorldBoredomCrimeWorstFirst

From the first slave ship arriving in harbor, America stole and judged blacks. Black life that didn't fit into white logic was commercially exploited or lynched.

David Shields

LifeBlackShipAmericaLogicWhite

I'm a fan of the hand-me-down recipes - friends, family, bake sales, community cookbooks - those are the recipes that have withstood the test of time and fed many hungry fans.

Christina Tosi

FamilyCommunityTimeFriendsTest

Often, entrepreneurs don't build a board until they are forced to by their VCs when they raise their first financing round. This is dumb, as you are missing the opportunity to add at least one person to the team who - as a board member - can help you navigate the early process of building your company and raising that first round.

Brad Feld

OpportunityTeamBuildingHelpYou

As I travelled around Australia, strangers in pubs, on airplanes, in beach parking lots would bring up Gina Rinehart, not knowing I was writing about her. Everybody had something to say, some of it thoughtful, some of it poorly informed, some of it vividly obscene.

William Finnegan

BeachWritingNot KnowingThoughtful

I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it.

Richard Dawkins

LoveEyesGreenCricketChurchSee

Our farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.

Luther Strange

WorkSunsetRainChallengesWorld

I love gas stations. Gas stations have some of the sickest clothes ever. T-shirts, hats, everything.

Lil Peep

LoveClothesHatsEverythingGas

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