Amitav Ghosh Quotes

“Nobody knows, nobody can ever know, not even in memory, because there are moments in time that are not knowable.”

Amitav Ghosh

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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.

Jack Canfield
- Day
- Fall
- Tree
In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

Saint Basil
- Mind
- Truth
- Eye
I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.

Zayn Malik One Direction
- Me
- Involved
- Says
I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

Vera Wang
- Want
- Wisdom
- Always
I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

Imogen Poots
- People
- Up
- Single
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

J. C. Chandor
- Up
- Great
- School