Edward James Salisbury quotes

Edward James Salisbury quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We can in fact only define a weed, mutatis mutandis, in terms of the well-known definition of dirt - as matter out of place. What we call a weed is in fact merely a plant growing where we do not want it.”
-- Edward James Salisbury

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“A brilliant inquiry into the contemporary Iranian predicament and what it means for the world. At a time when all too many of our leading thinkers are mired in the weeds of provincialism and narrow ideological wars, Postel has written a work of grace, intelligence, and towering integrity. Reading 'Legitimation Crisis' in Tehran is nothing less than a masterpiece of moral and political criticism.”
“I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel For words, like nature, half reveal And half conceal the soul within. But, for the unquiet heart and brain A use measured language lie's The sad mechanic exercise Like dull narcotic's, numbing pain In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er Like coarsest clothes against the cold But large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more.”
“An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger. The angel handed her a weed, but first transformed it into this beautiful flower of winter.”
“My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.”
“The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually â€œgraspâ€ reality.”
“By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.”
“For me, there has never been one definition of beauty. I think we all have something to offer and when beauty shines from within, there can be no denying it”
“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”
“I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.”
“Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.”

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