Tarek Elgreissy

“I thought I could start over, you see. But now I know you can never start over. Not really. You think you have control, but you are like a fly in somebody else’s web. Sometimes I think that’s why I like accounting. All day, you are only dealing with numbers. You add them, multiply them, and if you are careful, you will always have a solution. There’s a sequence there. An order. With numbers, you can have control….”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.”
― Lee Kuan Yew