Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
-
I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
-
Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
-
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
-
It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
-
The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
-
Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors.
-
You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
-
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
-
My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
-
I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
-
Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
-
The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
-
I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms.
-
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
-
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
-
I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
-
The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
-
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
-
People remember my last name because it's different, and people remember me in meetings because I dress differently from other people just because I'm a woman. Those kinds of things give you an opportunity and a spotlight, so use that to your advantage. Use it as a platform to demonstrate your knowledge and your capabilities.
-
The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
-
I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.
-
Jeez, Claire. If I didn't love you, you'd scare me.
-
In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.
