“Abdur Rab offers a comprehensive vision of Islam using the Quran as his sole religious textual source. He intentionally avoids the hadith literature, which he believes, and argues, has done much damage to the message of the Quran. His work provides many thought-provoking insights and should be a significant contribution to the 'Quran only' movement in modern Islam.” ShouldBelieveDoneLiteratureReligiousVisionModernMovementSourceOffersMessagesIslamInsightArguingSignificantDamageContributionThought ProvokingSoleProvokingComprehensiveQuranHadith Author:Jeffrey Lang
“Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and say, "Wow! You know what? Whatever they're doing over there, it's extraordinary, and maybe that culture is superior to ours in certain ways."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayBeautifulCertainCultureLiteratureSportsWatchesMessagesExtraordinaryViolentSuperiorsWowNon Violent Author:Gabe Polsky
“Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination.” WritingLiteratureImaginationFictionMoralGreaterMessagesIntellectClarityPenetrateGreater Power Author:Charles Colson
“The [Nobel] award [of Bob Dylan] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending ruffle of pop's hair while handing it a lollipop. An act of beaming condescension whose transparent message is: "This one guy, and just this one guy, he's so good, he transcends his trivial idiom and elevates himself into our significant one."” GuyLiteratureHairMessagesPopsSignificantInsultAwardsBobDylanTransparentNobelPop MusicIdiomCondescendingCondescensionAffrontRufflesLollipop Author:David Bennun
“You know, gynecology has a role; sex is a gift. And literature is not about sending messages.” KnowsLiteratureSexRolesMessagesSending A MessageGynecology Author:Amos Oz
“The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.” PeopleKnowsKidsSchoolCultureLiteratureBrainTalkingListeningMessagesHigh SchoolBuiltCourtReunionAttendingPromHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Author:Anna Quindlen
“News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.” IfsMatterLiteratureSuccessfulMessagesNewsCyclesSending A MessageNews Reporting Book:Anchorwoman Source: Anchorwoman