Quotes of: Middle-eastern Keyword

The Prayer of the Middle-Aged Man Amid the doctors in the Temple at twelve, between mother & host at Cana implored too soon, in the middle of disciples, the midst of the mob, between High-Priest and Procurator, among the occupiers, between the malefa...

Delusions, Etc.

Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that t...

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings...

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

Over the course of his wartime service, Lawrence was awarded a number of medals and ribbons, but with his profound disdain for such things, he either threw them away or never bothered to collect them. He made an exception in the case of the Croix de ...

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Things can go three ways—left, right, or straight. If you stand on one side, either the left or the right, you will have the quickest reaction 1/3rd of the time, the second quickest reaction 1/3rd of the time, and the slowest reaction 1/3rd of the ...

This Book is Not FOR SALE

A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread being the bored and slightly effete way he normally acts with customers, the middle being the crazed and abnormal way h...

A Visit from the Goon Squad

You die in the middle of your life.

The Fault in Our Stars

Maybe it takes tragedy to create paradise.

Middle Ground

As long as the focus is on God the style of the music is irrelevant.

Stuck in the Middle

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

Paper Towns

Sexy isn’t my middle name. Lust-factory is, with the hyphen.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell.

Women

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

Eric Hoffer

I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.

Matt Damon

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

Rupert Friend

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

Tom Daschle

Breaking is when someone starts to laugh in the middle of a scene, which is so fun to watch.

Kaitlin Olson

A house made of ice in the middle of desert! And that house is the house of lies!

Mehmet Murat ildan

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Sheryl Crow

Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.

Adam McKay

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

Rory Bremner