Eli Attie quotes

“We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.”
-- Eli Attie

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“We all have family dysfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole.”
-- Eli Attie

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“Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.”
-- Eli Attie

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“Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense." --Sam Seaborne, West Wing”

“What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?”

“The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.”

“The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.”

Source : "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.

“We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights.”

“Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.”

“Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.”

“I wish to fill in the gaps which have so far always remained unanswered in the souls of men as burning questions, and which never leave any serious thinker in peace, if he honestly seeks the Truth.”

“But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.”

Source : "Abu Abbas: from terrorist to peace advocate" by Rob Reynolds, www.cnn.com. May 10, 1996.

“Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.