Aly Khan Quotes
The emergence of Pakistan, a decade ago, was an act of protest against the existence of privilege in the social order of the subcontinent of India.
Quotes to Explore
-
There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
-
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
-
We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.
-
And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
-
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
-
My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
-
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
-
I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
-
It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
-
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
-
A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.
-
I've kept my phone on silent for a year and a half. For me, it's too much noise. It's not my jam. I like to keep things a lot more easygoing. The world's not going to stop if you don't pick up your phone.
-
I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'
-
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
-
I had never heard of Cingular, but they needed people to jump on trampolines. Well, when I was 13, I was a trampoline gymnast. I had actually won nationals in my age group. So it was like one of those perfect, unbelievable miracles.
-
I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy.
-
There are no gods, we are told, so I must make my own salvation.
-
That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.
-
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
-
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
-
I played a lot of character parts in school.
-
A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.
-
When I decided to write a novel about Istanbul, I thought I should put the different faces of Istanbul into one book. I also put the characters in a cell, and it's three stories underground, rather than on the surface. The characters have one Istanbul, the other one is above ground. One is in dark, one is in light. That kind of contradiction - those opposite sides - creates a great energy in Istanbul.
-
The emergence of Pakistan, a decade ago, was an act of protest against the existence of privilege in the social order of the subcontinent of India.
