Brain Drain Quotes

“Brainwashing is a risk of brain-drain.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The Islamic Republic remained altogether indifferent to this massive brain drain. Propelled by the growth in the numbers of university graduates and professional classes who were unable to find gainful employment at home or unwilling to bow to unwelcome social pressures, the by-products of Iran's demographic revolution were to the regime more of a potential liability than a precious workforce necessary to build Iran's future. It was as if the boundary lines between the self and the other in the Islamic Republic were drawn in such a fashion as to protect an elite minority, loyal to the regime but inferior in education and skills, at the expense of repelling a far larger segment of the population who was educated and skilled but ideologically uncommitted to the emerging Islamic order. 'Commitment over expertise' was a favorite slogan that cost the Iranian economy dearly.”
― Abbas Amanat, Iran: A Modern History

“Make sure when you reach for the stars, you keep both feet firmly planted on the ground.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“Ideology serves to both increase the value of the inside option, thereby alleviating brain drain, and enhance cooperative norms within the group, thereby alleviating free-riding.”
― Ran Abramitzky, The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World

“English: "Laws designed for the big city destroy the rural areas."

Česky: „Zákony navržené pro velkoměsto likvidují venkov.”
― Sebastián Wortys

“Brains drain from the country when the country drains from the brain.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Arabs & Garbage"
Strange is the Arab story with garbage— who told them, who taught them to toss waste carelessly, wherever and however they please?

When will Arabs understand that putting garbage in its proper place could solve half of their environmental and societal woes?

And the other half? That too would vanish if they stopped casting away their human gems— their brightest minds, forced to serve others abroad.

When will they stop discarding their best in favor of foreign refuse they glorify simply because it comes draped in white skin and blue eyes, boasting skills they claim Arabs can’t survive without?

When will they grasp that real change lies in placing all garbage— be it those who govern them or those they import— exactly where it belongs?”
― Louis Yako, سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]

“[Arabs and Garbage]

A strange thing, this relationship
between Arabs and garbage.
Who told them,
who taught them,
to throw it away at random,
wherever
and however
they please?
When will Arabs understand
that placing garbage
where it belongs
would solve half
their environmental
and social problems?
And that the other half
would begin to disappear
the moment they stop
throwing away
their human treasures:
their skilled,
their talented,
their gifted people,
driving them beyond their borders
to enrich strangers instead?
When will Arabs stop
discarding
their finest minds,
only to replace them
with imported foreign refuse,
which they revere
simply because it arrives
with white skin
and blue eyes,
claiming to possess
skills and expertise
without which, they are told,
the natives cannot survive?
When will Arabs understand
that putting garbage
in its proper place,
whether the garbage
that governs them
or the garbage
they import,
would solve
all their problems?

20 February 2024”
― Louis Yako, سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]