Raghuram Rajan Quotes
Too many years away from academia renders you pretty incompetent at research and teaching. So I had to go back.
Quotes to Explore
-
When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
-
Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
-
Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
-
You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
-
If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
-
I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
-
Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
-
I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off.
-
I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
-
I had no training in research as such, and as a consequence, I am, in a sense, self-taught.
-
I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
-
If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
-
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
-
When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
-
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
-
I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
-
Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
-
Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
-
When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you.
-
There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.
-
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.
-
There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
-
Getting married was the best thing I've ever done.
-
Too many years away from academia renders you pretty incompetent at research and teaching. So I had to go back.
