Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
People think that you can save calories by eating fewer meals a day, but it works just the opposite: the fewer meals… — Ian K. Smith Copy Share Image
The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Together they [President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger] pursued ends that frequently had a tenuous link with reality, using means that were not… — William Shawcross Copy Share Image
In the hyper-sensitised reality of the region in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
I believe in truths, but I don't believe in the Truth. Furthermore, I think that vision of an underlying Truth, with as… — Evelyn Fox Keller Copy Share Image
There always comes a point beyond which lying becomes counterproductive. This point is reached when the audience to which the lies are… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to… — Richard V. Allen Copy Share Image
We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative. — Carl Froch Copy Share Image
Even as an 18-year-old, I had to grow comfortable with my leadership style, which is that I was really impatient with under-motivated… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I write from seven to about noon. I used to try to write longer, but I read and I found that I… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
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