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# Umm Jamil

Umm Jamīl (Arabic: أم جميل), full name Arwā bint Ḥarb (Arabic: أروى بنت حرب), was an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the wife of Abu Lahab. She is usually remembered for opposing Islam and the prophet, and was condemned in surah Al-Masad of the Quran.

## Quotes

* We reject the reprobate, His words we repudiate, His religion we loathe and hate.
** A poem about the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As cited in The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ishaq's Sirat Rasual Allah by Alfred Guillaume, p. 161. Oxford University (1955). ISBN: 0-19-636033-1.

## Quotes about Umm Jamil

    See also: Al-Masad (Wikipedia)
* سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
** Quran 111:3–5
** Translation:
*** He [Abu Lahab] will burn in a flaming Fire, and ˹so will˺ his wife, the carrier of ˹thorny˺ kindling, around her neck will be a rope of palm-fibre.
**** The Clear Quran by Dr. Mustafa Khattab
* Abu Lahab stood up and shouted angrily, "Perish you, Mohammad! Did you invite us here for this?" The answer to Abu Lahab's challenge came in verse 1 of sura 111 (ol-Masad), in which the same Arabic word meaning "perish" appears: "Perish Abu Lahab's hands, and may he (himself) perish!" … Nor would his wife, Omm Jomayyel, who had strewn thorns in the Prophet's path, be left unpunished: "And his wife, the carrier of the firewood sticks, will have a rope of palm fiber on her neck."
** Ali Dashti: Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad, p. 29

## See also

* Abu Lahab
* Jahannam
# Umayyad campaigns in India

In the first half of the 8th century CE, a series of battles took place between the Umayyad Caliphate and kingdoms to the east of the Indus river, in the Indian subcontinent.

## Quotes

* The conquest of Sindh opened a new chapter in the history of South Asia. Muslims had ever lasting effects on their existence in the region. [. . . .] For the first time the people of Sindh were introduced to Islam, its political system and way of the government. The people here had seen only the atrocities of the Hindu Rajas. [. . . .] The people of Sindh were so much impressed by the benevolence of Muslims that they regarded Muhammad bin-Qasim as their savior. [. . . .] Muhammad bin-Qasim stayed in Sindh for over three years. On his departure from Sindh, the local people were overwhelmed with grief.
** Social Studies For Class VI, (Jamshoro: Sindh Textbooks Board, April 1997).
* When we remember their wonderful military success in other parts of the world, the comparatively insignificant results the Arabs achieved in India certainly stand out in marked contrast. The cause of this, however, does not lie in the religious and social peculiarities of India as old historians like Elphinstone vainly attempted to establish. The cause lies undoubtedly in the superior military strength and state-organisation of the Indians as compared with most other nations of the time. However incredible this might appear in the light of subsequent events, this is the plain verdict of history. page 175
** Volume 3: The Classical Age [320-750 A.D.]
* Contrary to the current notion that the Arab conquest of Sind was an unimportant episode in the history of India and affected merely the fringe of the subcontinent, we should stress the great commercial importance of this province. Sind was the hinge of the In­dian Ocean trade as well as the overland pass way.
** A Wink, Al-Hind, The Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Volume 1 ,52
# William Stevenson

William Stevenson (1530?–1575) was an English poet.

## Quotes

* I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure I think that I can drink With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a-cold; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.
** Poem Jolly Good Ale and Old.
# William Soutar

William Soutar (1898–1943) was a leading poet of the Scottish Literary Renaissance. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 1924, he was bedridden from 1930 and died of tuberculosis in 1943. He is also known for his journal, Diary of a Dying Man, which was was published posthumously.

## Quotes

* Art is for all — and the greatest art proves it.
** Diary, 29 August 1932.
** Quotation posted with the permission of the National Scottish Library, Edinburgh, Scotland.
* My life's purpose is to write poetry — but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.
** Diary, 29th August 1932.
** Quotation posted with the permission of the National Scottish Library, Edinburgh, Scotland.
* What is this poetry ? A mortal mind Made visible;a caged bird? Nay more:it is a spiritleft behind Nailed by the piercing word.
** On a poem, XC Brief Words, The Moray Press, Edinburgh 1935.
* Accept the shout or silence of your peers As if a fabled legacy or loss; Their praiseand blame are but the winds which toss Your seed into the winter of the years.
** For any Artist, LXXXI,Brief Words, The Moray Press, Edinburgh 1935.

## External links

* The William Soutar Website
# William St Clair

William St Clair (7 December 1937 – 30 June 2021) was a British anthropologist and author, whose research interests lay in the history of books and reading, ancient Greece and biography.

## Quotes
### That Greece Might Still be Free (1972)

William St Clair (1972). That Greece Might Still be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence. Open Book Publishers. pp. 15-16. ISBN 1906924007.
* A society in whose culture the Ancient Greeks played such an important part was bound to have a view about the Modern Greeks. The inhabitants of that famous land, whose language was still recognizably the same as that of Demosthenes, could not be regarded as just another remote tribe of natives or savages. Western Europe could not escape being concerned with the nature of the relationship between the Ancient and the Modem Greeks. The question has teased, perplexed, and confused generations of Greeks and Europeans and it still stirs passions to an extent difficult for the rational to condone.
** p. 15-16.
* Whether the present inhabitants of Greece are descended from the Ancient Greeks is a profoundly unsatisfactory question. No method of subdividing the question makes much sense. On the one hand, one can attempt to trace the numerous incursions of immigrants to Greece and try to assess the extent to which the ‘blood’ of the Ancients has been diluted by outside races, Romans, barbarians, Franks, Turks, Venetians, Albanians, etc. On the other hand, one can point to the remarkable survival of ideas and customs and, in particular, to the astonishing strength of the linguistic tradition.
** p. 15-16.
* But neither approach seems to lead to the kind of answer which those who ask the question are seeking. What they seem to want to know is—Are the Modern Greeks the same as the Ancient Greeks? Are their racial and national characteristics the same? Do the Modern Greeks behave in the same kind of way as the Ancient Athenians, Spartans, and Corinthians behaved? If one looks among the Modem Greeks will one find the equivalents of Pericles and Sophocles and Plato? By their nature such questions are vague and contain within them a host of assumptions—about human nature, genetics and race, the influence of environment on behaviour, and the reliability of our knowledge of ancient history—all of which are questionable and some of which are simply unfounded.
** p. 15-16.
* During the hundreds of years since the glorious age of Greece, various views have been held about the Modern Greeks. Europeans of the Middle Ages and Renaissance times may have assumed that the Modern Greeks were the descendants of the Ancients hut they were far from regarding this as implying any continuity of character, let alone imposing any obligation. To be Greek was to be a drunkard, a lecher, and, especially, a cheat, It never seems to have occurred to the men who issued the calls to join in the defence of Byzantium, for example, to suggest that they were aiding the descendants of Pericles. Nor as Christians did the Western Europeans (of whatever sect) feel any instinctive sympathy for the schismatic Christians of the Orthodox Church.
** p. 15-16.
# William Stoughton

William Stoughton (30 September 1631 – 7 July 1701) was a colonial magistrate and administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials, first as the Chief Justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692, and then as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in 1693. In these trials he controversially accepted spectral evidence (based on supposed demonic visions). Unlike some of the other magistrates, he never admitted to the possibility that his acceptance of such evidence was in error.

## Quotes

* God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.
** Election Sermon at Boston, April 29, 1669. Compare: "God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Courtship of Miles Standish, iv.
# United States Atomic Energy Commission

The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the United States federal government established in 1946 in order to transfer control of atomic energy from the U.S. military to U.S. civilian government. The AEC was abolished by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which assigned the AEC's functions to two new agencies: ERDA and the NRC. In 1977, ERDA was combined with the FEA to form the United States Department of Energy (DOE).

## Quotes

* On Christmas Eve, two FBI agents arrived at Olden Manor and seized control of Oppenheimer's remaining classified papers. That same day, Oppenheimer received the AEC's letter of formal charges, dated December 23, 1953. ... The inclusion of Oppenheimer's opposition to the Super reflected the depth of McCarthyite hysteria that had enveloped Washington. Equating dissent with disloyalty, it redefined the role of government advisers and the very purpose of advice. The AEC's charges were not the kind of narrowly crafted indictment likely to bring conviction in a court of law. This was, rather, a political indictment and Oppenheimer would be judged by an AEC review panel appointed by the chairman of the AEC, Lewis L. Strauss.
** Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin in: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 18 December 2007. pp. 487–488. ISBN 978-0-307-42473-0.
* The US Atomic Energy Commission, created by Congress in 1946, grew into a uniquely powerful, mission-oriented bureaucracy. One of its main goals was the creation of a flourishing commercial nuclear power program. By the late 1950s, the AEC began to acquire frightening data about the potential hazards of nuclear technology. It decided, nevertheless, to push ahead with ambitious plans to make nuclear energy the dominant source of the nation's electric power by the end of the century. The AEC proceeded to authorize the construction of larger and larger nuclear reactors all around the country, the dangers notwithstanding. The AEC gambled that its scientists would, in time, find deft solutions to all the complex safety difficulties.
** Daniel F. Ford in: The cult of the atom: The secret papers of the Atomic Energy Commission. Ford (Daniel), Cambridge, MA (USA), 1982, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy (osti.gov).
* Now, six years after the Commission had assumed responsibility for the nation's atomic energy commission, industry was becoming restive over the delay in realizing the commercial applications of nuclear power. While most of the nation was preoccupied with the election campaign during autumn 1952, a clamor for a greater role in the development of atomic energy was rising among power equipment manufacturers and the electric utility industry.
** Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl in: Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission. University of California Press. 1 January 1989. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-520-06018-0.

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food.

## Quote

* The factory farm industry and its armies of lobbyists wield great influence in the halls of federal and state power, while animal rights activists wield virtually none. This imbalance has produced increasingly oppressive laws, accompanied by massive law enforcement resources devoted to punishing animal activists even for the most inconsequential nonviolent infractions — as the FBI search warrant and raid in search of “Lucy and Ethel” illustrates. The U.S. government, of course, has always protected and served the interests of industry. Beginning when most of the nation was fed by small farms, federal agencies have been particularly protective of [[w:Agriculture in the United States|agricultural] industry. That loyalty has only intensified as family farms have nearly disappeared, replaced by industrial factory farms where animals are viewed purely as commodities, instruments for profit, and treated with unconstrained cruelty. [...] Though it receives modest attention, this revolving door spins faster, and in more blatantly sleazy ways, when it comes to the USDA and its mandate to safeguard animal welfare. The USDA is typically dominated by executives from the very factory farm industries that are most in need of vibrant regulation. For that reason, animal welfare laws are woefully inadequate, but the ways in which they are enforced is typically little more than a bad joke. Industrial farming corporations like Smithfield know they can get away with any abuse or “mislabeling” deceit (such as misleading claims about their treatment of animals) because the officials who have been vested with the sole authority to enforce these laws — federal USDA officials — are so captive to their industry. Courts have repeatedly ruled that private individuals, animal rights groups, and even state authorities have no right to sue to enforce animal welfare laws, because the “exclusive authority” lies with the U.S. government, which has no real interest in actually enforcing those laws. [...] In sum, with industry insiders dominating the sole agency (USDA) with the authority to regulate factory farms, animals that are captive, abused, tortured, and slaughtered en masse have little chance, even when it comes to just applying existing laws with a minimal amount of diligence. The politics of the U.S. — including the fact that a key farm state, Iowa, plays such a central role in presidential elections — means there are massive forces arrayed behind factory farms, and very few in support of animal welfare.
** Glenn Greenwald, The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms (October 5, 2017), The Intercept.

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Viola Kibiwot

Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (born 22 December 1983 in Keiyo District) is a runner from Kenya who specializes in the 1500 metres.

## Quotes

* I want to continue being in the athletics, and that is why I saw it wise to change from track to the marathon and road races.
** "Viola Kibiwot set for marathon debut", Nation, July 04, 2020.
* I'm new in marathon races and I will be looking forward to a good performance. It's been a tough training for me, but it has come from me in terms of good will and hard work for good results.
** "Viola Kibiwot set for marathon debut", Nation, July 04, 2020.
* I have been in athletics for a long period and what I can say is that when you are disciplined, you will be there for a long period. It really motivates me training with the world beaters like Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey Kamworor.
** "Viola Kibiwot set for marathon debut", Nation, July 04, 2020.
* I have done my part on the track and now it is only right to try out a new challenge and the marathon discipline is inspiring enough.
** John Kwoba, "Kenya' s Kibiwot to make marathon debut in Germany ", Xinhuanet, April 04, 2017.
* Eliud Kipchoge has inspired me. I have seen him train, the punishing he goes through to be ready for a marathon and it is worth to try it out.
** John Kwoba, "Kenya' s Kibiwot to make marathon debut in Germany ", Xinhuanet, April 04, 2017.
* I believe 5,000m is my race though I took long to realize and specialized in the 1,500m. Since venturing in the 5,000m, my performance has been growing and I believe the best is yet to come.
** Stanley Magut, "Kibiwott fired up", The Star, June 06, 2016.
* This season has been inspiring for me considering I have been able to lower my personal best. I have decided to settle for 5,000m and just hope for the best.
** Stanley Magut, "Kibiwott fired up", The Star, June 06, 2016.
* For me, the improvement in time this season has been key and very inspiring for that matter.
** Stanley Magut, "Kibiwott fired up", The Star, June 06, 2016.
# Vinko Puljić

Vinko Puljić (8 September 1945 –) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.

## Quotes

* Apart from the catastrophic sacrifices and material and human consequences, wars destroyed the future ethical norms and moral values of many generations. In years of many wars this territory was penetrated by a wave of deep and primordial hatred which in the rage of war destroyed human hearts and all human relations and certainly religious relations. For 45 years communism ploughed negative furrows in the souls of many people. It destroyed most of what not even World War II had erased. It destroyed the sense of the holy, the sacred, morals and honesty, the religious and ecclesiastical sense.
** Challenges and prospects for mission in Europe: interventions by Cardinal Joachim Meisner Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal Vinko Pulijc Archbishop of Sarajevo (10 March 2006) Fides News Agency
# Vinod Rai

Vinod Rai (born 23 May 1948) is an Indian economist who served as the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He is the current chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors.

## Quotes

* We are incapable of making fundamental errors as being discussed in media. Our report will make clear all doubts on fallacies (that are) being talked about.
** seminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.
* We are not in the business of finding faults. But when we detect some loopholes during the process of audit, we advise the executive to plug those loopholes.
** seminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.
* They (CAG auditors) are the best in the world. Both developing and developed countries send their auditors to train with us at our academies. Effectiveness and robustness of our processes have led us to being appointed auditor for global agencies.
** seminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.
* We cannot do the role of cheerleaders. We strive to provide objective feedback on the functioning of the various departments of the government.
** speaking at the inaugural function of a Conference of Accountants General. CAG: We can’t don the role of cheerleaders
# Vinko Vrbanić

Vinko Vrbanić (born 1951) is a Croatian writer known for his short, inter-connected narratives with a discernible beginning, climax, and resolution.

## Quotes
### Women

* Women should not feel obliged towards any men for eternity. They earned this privilege by gathering berries, digging roots, picking wild rice, and chewing the skin to make it soft for 999 thousand years, while the men were having fun in the open chasing deer and fighting among themselves.
* Mara Margetić from Slavonski Kobaš stands next to Marija Bursać from Kamenica, or even to Judith the daughter of Merari from Bethulia. What a moving example of love, perseverance and loyalty!

### Love

* Love is a vision, a firefly that majestically glows in the night for some time; then, it winks at you and swiftly disappears.

### Freedom

* The sieges of Gvozdansko (1578) and Alamo (1836) tell the true stories of the small bands of the heroes who stood against the massive armies to defend their homelands. They echo innate human devotion to the idea of fighting for freedom.
* Alamo has been a strong inspiration for nations striving for freedom all around the globe since 1836. Gvozdansko has not earned public reputation, but profoundly touched the heart of the bitter enemy Ferhat-paša alone in 1578. Croats have a duty and obligation to learn about Gvozdansko.
* Sloboda nije mjera žita da se na kantar stavlja, već onaj soko što leti iznad Polja Sinjskog.
** Freedom is not a measure of grain to be placed on the scale, but the falcon that soars above the field of Sinj.
** Furmani-Sokolov let, 2011, short story Hajduk Ivo
* Zar sloboda nij’ i ova koža svinjska što ‘vako zapečena lijepo pod zub’ma ‘ruska?
** Isn’t freedom even this pig skin, which roasted like this crunches so nicely under the teeth?
** Furmani-Sokolov let, 2011, concluding statement Sokolov let

### Storyteller

* A good storyteller minces words to entertain or inspire the audience. The politicians and religious leaders do much the same, but for a different purpose - to turn otherwise normal people to nutcases.

### Qanoon

* FATIMA (digne glavu, razvedri se i lijepo nasmiješi): Miriše kanun ludo, Huseine, sve misliš Taifska ruža miriše. Hajde bolan sagni se, pomiriši, neće te ujesti.
** FATIMA (raises her head, brightens up, and makes a beautiful smile): Husein, this qanoon scents like crazy, you would think a rose from Ta’if smells. C’mon, bend and get a sniff of it, it won’t bite you.
** Dvadeseto pjevanje, drama, 2nd shared prize, Act 3

## External links

* Vinko Vrbanić at Goodreads
* Furmani-Sokolov let at V.B.Z.
# Vinod Gupta

Vinod Gupta (born July 4, 1946) is an Omaha Native, Indian-born American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and founder of Vinod Gupta Charitable Foundation(VGCF).

## Quotes

* If the life of one girl changes through education, she changes three families – one, her own, second the in which she gets married into, and third the one she builds. This moves the nation on its path to progress.
** Chowdhury, Shinjini (September 3, 2018). How this Indian-born American ensured his village in UP got the educational institutes it deserves. Your Story.
* If we give it to our kids they are going to waste it. It’s best to invest it in our villages and our students. Eventually, they can do the same thing.
** Smith, Nicolas (January 29, 2020). Vinod Gupta Lifelong Philanthropist. Business Opportunities.
# Vint Cerf

Vinton Gray Cerf, ForMemRS, (born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-inventor Bob Kahn. His contributions have been acknowledged and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

## Quotes
### "Your Life: Vinton Cerf" (2016)

Interview with David Frank in AARP Bulletin, Vol. 57, No. 10 (December 2016)
* And programming computers was so fascinating. You create your own little universe, and then it does what you tell it to do.
** p. 28
* There are some people who imagine that older adults don't know how to use the internet. My immediate reaction is, "I've got news for you, we invented it."
** p. 30
* The ability to interact with a computer presence like you would a human assistant is becoming increasingly feasible.
** p. 30