B. Stevens Quotes

You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia.

There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion; in the bloody religions of the heathen.

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.

I care not whether the soldiers are of Milesian, Teutonic, African or Angelo-Saxon descent. I despise the principle that make a difference between them in the hour of battle and of death.

The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

Osama, yo Mama didn't raise you right. When you were young, she must have wrapped your turban too tight.

The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.

Oh I can't keep it in; I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out I've got to show the world; world's got to see, See all the love; love that's in me

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.

It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.

Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.

Sun is the reason And the world it will bloom 'Cause sun lights the sky And the sun lights the moon

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul Where I end up, well, I think only God really knows.

Fromage and coffee and cognac and no gods.

At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply.

The chrysanthemums' astringent fragrance comes Each year to disguise the clanking mechanism Of machine within machine within machine.

The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us.

I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.

After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable.

We live in an old chaos of the sun.

Above the forest of the parakeets, A parakeet of parakeets prevails, A pip of life amid a mort of tails.

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

They have hijacked my religion.

Beneath every no lays a passion for yes that had never been broken.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

Everything is beautiful in its own way.

Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of countervailing views.

I love being Italian.

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.

Covenants with God help us to know who we really are.

Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.

Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.

The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.

It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.

I think I will just use guitar as backing. I'm not doing a traditional folk thing, but a contemporary thing-my own version of folk, if you like.

The wind, Tempestuous clarion, with heavy cry, Came bluntly thundering, more terrible Than the revenge of music on bassoons.

If you want to be you, BE YOU!

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

Lord, my body has been a good friend But I won't need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere, Guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there

One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.

My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.

Imagination applied to the whole world is vapid in comparison to imagination applied to a detail.