Salman Khan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
-
We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
-
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
-
The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
-
Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
-
My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.
-
My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
-
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
-
I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
-
The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass' movie, I know that I'm going to wind up with at least two broken bones. I don't know when it's going to happen, but you can't contemplate how you're going to fall and what's going to happen.
-
All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
-
I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
-
I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
-
Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
-
Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.
-
Zoroastrians believe in one Great Almighty Spirit of Good who is in combat against evil forces, and Goodness prevails in the end. There is no self-flagellation or staring at the sun or snake-handling.
-
My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
-
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
-
You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
-
If I'd had a charisma-ectomy in the beginning, XP would have gone nowhere.
-
Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.
-
Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that happened to my daughter on a plane. She was sitting next to a girl who was reading one of my books and my daughter said, "My mother wrote that book." And the girl started to quiz my daughter, asking her all sorts of questions, like what are the names of Judy's children and where did she grow up. My daughter thought it was so funny.
-
If I ever have a child.. Insh'allah I will... I wish it's a girl. I want a girl child.
