“It was the most disgusting speech I ever heard in my life.”
comment on a controversial speech given by Al Gore at the same APEC summit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh0BO906vyI, in which he praised demonstrations in Malaysia protesting the arrest of Anwar Ibrahim as champions of democracy.
Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things
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Rafidah Aziz 2
Malaysian politician 1943Related quotes
“I heard, fear-stricken and amazed,
My speech tongue-tied, my hair upraised.”
Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book III, p. 77
“All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.”
Building a Better Business (2005)
Her reaction on hearing her poem. Daily Telegraph, 16 Aug 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherhowse/3561497/At-the-Gate-of-the-Year.html
“He is dreadfully married. "He's the most married man I ever saw in my life."”
Moses, the Sassy.
Original: (it) Meditare per ingannare è una delle azioni più disgustose che un individuo possa compiere nel corso della sua vita.
Source: prevale.net
Reverence for Life (1969)
Context: At sunset of the third day, near the village of Igendja, we moved along an island set in the middle of the wide river. On a sandback to our left, four hippopotamuses and their young plodded along in our same direction. Just then, in my great tiredness and discouragement, the phrase "Reverence for Life" struck me like a flash. As far as I knew, it was a phrase I had never heard nor ever read. I realized at once that it carried within itself the solution to the problem that had been torturing me. Now I knew that a system of values which concerns itself only with our relationship to other people is incomplete and therefore lacking in power for good. Only by means of reverence for life can we establish a spiritual and humane relationship with both people and all living creatures within our reach. Only in this fashion can we avoid harming others, and, within the limits of our capacity, go to their aid whenever they need us.
