Agha Shahid Ali Quotes
In the heart's wild space lies the space of wilderness. What won't one lose, what home one won't give forever!
Quotes to Explore
-
As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
-
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
-
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
-
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
-
When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
-
I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
-
I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
-
People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.
-
I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
-
I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
-
During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
-
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
-
I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
-
Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.
-
I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
-
There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
-
Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an.
-
I'm quite curious and excited about seeing a new script for 'Blade Runner.' If, in fact, the opportunity would exist to do another, if it's a good script, I would be very anxious to work with Ridley Scott again; he's a very talented and passionate filmmaker. And I think it would be very interesting to revisit the character.
-
Don't say this is good and that is bad. Drop all discrimination. Accept everything as it is.
-
In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.
-
Plato … teaches the separation of the human soul from its 'home' in the realm of pure essences. Man is estranged from what he essentially is. His existence in a transitory world contradicts his essential participation in the eternal world of ideas.
-
I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it. An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
-
I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that's icing on the cake.
-
In the heart's wild space lies the space of wilderness. What won't one lose, what home one won't give forever!
