The true stingy is that who refrains from greeting.

“What is stupidity? "Hostility to one's powerful and efficient commander, or to someone who can harm you or benefit you”

— Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed

I've been fascinated over the years by the way refrains work. Think, say, of the refrains in Yeats' ballads. Ideally, each time the refrain…

— Edward Hirsch

“To me , death is nothing but happiness, and living under tyrants nothing but living in a hell.”

— Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed Tohaf-al- Uqoul P. 245

“so when asked Who was Prophet's grandson Hussain? I replied : Imbibe in the name of Hussain with his name comes the bliss though…

— Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh

“Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed said: Death with dignity is better than life with humility.”

— Anonymous

“Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed was once asked: what is affluence? He said : Decreasing your wishes , and being satisfied with what is…

— Anonymous

I'm not a huge spender. In fact, some things I'm quite stingy on.

— Michaela Strachan

Bears are made of the same dust as we, and they breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear's days…

— John Muir

I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presents to people. It's…

— Gloria Vanderbilt

You can never have too much sky.

— Sandra Cisneros

We . . . must try to live without causing unnecessary harm, not just to fellow humans but to all beings. We must try…

— Gary Snyder

You can never have too much butter.

— Julie Powell

“And if it’s one thing I know about the Lord: He don’t bless us so we can turn around and be stingy to folk.”

— Michelle Stimpson

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why…

— Jill Scott

America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf.…

— Maurice Saatchi