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Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes

The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.

Abdolkarim Soroush

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: iranian
Birth: December 16, 1945

Topics

Religion You Living Will Become

My father was an architect.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Father Architect

I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that's as close to godliness as I can get.

John Banville

Me Perfect I Can Create Try Up

We moved around a lot when I was growing up. I was always the new kid in class, but I was good at making friends. With an upbringing like that, I was either going to become an actor or a politician. Thank God I became an actor! I'm not cut out for politics.

John Lithgow

Good God Politics Growing Up Friends

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

John Howe

Happiness Character Power Support

I have the kind of life where I can take my kids on trips with me. I can involve them in my work. I've always avoided politics because I didn't want to make commitments that would take me away from raising these children.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

Life Work Children Politics Me Kind

People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead.

Jeff Ross

Love People Attention Down Target

I love me some 'Family Guy.'

Andy Grammer

Family Love Me Love Me Guy Some

Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement.

Stephanie Coontz

Children Entitlement May Sense Many

Morals are private. Decency is public.

Rita Mae Brown

Morals Decency Public Private

We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

Johnny Vegas

Week Down Flu Shooting Middle Off

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.

Chuck Berry

Music People Problems Short Forget

That's the problem with so many organizations around entrepreneurship. They're driven by metrics that don't matter.

Brad Feld

Problem Matter Entrepreneurship Many