"The greater ignorance towards a country is not……" — Criss Jami
"The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say."
—
Criss Jami
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
462 Quotes by Criss Jami
Criss Jami has 462 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.
-
Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so…
-
Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already…
-
Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their…
-
A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.
-
I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and…
-
Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever
-
The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
-
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the…
-
I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.
-
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
-
To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something.
See all 462 quotes by Criss Jami »
More Country Quotes
This quote is filed under Country Quotes,
one of 12,241 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are…
— Hannah Arendt
-
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
-
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no…
— Lance Armstrong
-
An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a…
— Sholem Asch
-
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
— Bashar al-Assad
-
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
— Chinua Achebe
-
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens,…
— David Attenborough
-
Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.
— Chinua Achebe
-
Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot…
— Margaret Atwood
-
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the…
— Chinua Achebe
-
Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
— Margaret Atwood
See all 12,241 Country Quotes »