"Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue." ― James Buchan Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: arabia, puritanical, saudi More From James Buchan "For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity." "What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head." "To give money to a woman – and here I must speak as a man – is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites." More In Wisdom "It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen."― Oliver Wendell Holmes "The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent."― Dick Cheney "My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they’ve been more pioneers on the special education side."― Margaret Spellings