Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Virginia Woolf: Two edges of beauty
“The beauty of the world which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.” —Virginia Woolf.
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Jerry Pinto: Writing
“It’s what you start writing and find you cannot write that defines you almost as much as what you have done. It’s what you fail at that makes you a writer because now you know what you cannot do. This is much more useful than knowing what you can do.” —Jerry Pinto.
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Steve Jobs: Dent in the universe
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe.” —Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (24 Feb 1955-2011) .
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Steve Jobs: Design
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” —Steve Jobs.
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Inward wealth
“Nothing is so good a protection against such misery as inward wealth, the wealth of the mind, because the greater it grows, the less room it leaves for boredom. The inexhaustible activity of thought!” —Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life).
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Samuel Pepys: Something in her gizzard
“I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.” —Samuel Pepys.
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George Washington: Dearly bought experience
“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.” —George Washington.
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Langston Hughes: Tomorrow’s bread
“I tire so of hearing people say, / Let things take their course. / Tomorrow is another day. / I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. / I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.” —Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967) .
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Anu Vaidyanathan: What we don’t know
“What we know resembles a fistful of sand, the harder you grab on to it, the faster it slips away. What we don’t know is as big as the Universe.” —Anu Vaidyanathan translating Tamil poet Avvaiyar’s words, ‘Katradhu kai mann alavu, Kalladadu ulagalavu’.
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John McCain: How dictators get started
“If you want to preserve — I’m very serious now — if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That’s how dictators get started.” —John…
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John Rawls: Paralyzed political system
“In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.” —John Rawls.
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Ansel Adams: Horrifying
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” —Ansel Adams, photographer (1902-1984) .
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Rihanna: We’re young and complex
“People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.” —Rihanna.
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Rose Franken: Real lovers
”Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” —Rose Franken, author and playwright (28 Dec 1895-1988).
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Kangana Ranaut: Love
“Love is hard to define. It’s not like you can’t do it, but you won’t be able to do justice to the feeling. The most amazing and purest form of love is a mother’s, which we experience from the moment we are born.” —Kangana Ranaut.
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Ross Macdonald: Dense with the past
”The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. “ —Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983).
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Kangana Ranaut: Proud of my peculiar accent
“I’ve met Mexicans and Italians on travels abroad, whose peculiar English accents carry their lineage. So does mine. I used to be embarrassed when I was younger, but now as a mature woman, I’m proud of my peculiar accent.” —Kangana Ranaut.
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John Travolta: Feeling alive
”You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.” —John Travolta.
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Malcolm De Chazal: Ring finger
The ring always believes that the finger lives for it. -Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (12 Dec 1902-1981).
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Mukesh Ambani: Blessing in disguise
“(US President Donald) Trump can actually be a blessing in disguise. The domestic IT industry can focus on solving problems right here, which is a huge market.” —Mukesh Ambani.
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Saif Ali Khan: Love
“Something that has a dark side can’t be love. If it is love, it has to be good all the time. Love doesn’t have a dark side. Yes, there are shadows of love—lIke possesIveness, greed and anger.Love is something you do, practise, and I don’t mean sex. It’s about doing unselfish things for people, and…
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Paris Hilton: Only rule
”The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.” —Paris Hilton.
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Paul Celan: Poetry
”Poetry is a sort of homecoming.” —Paul Celan, poet and translator (23 Nov 1920-1970).
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Ice T: Redemption
“Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.” —Ice T.
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Sonakshi Sinha: Non-political opinion
“As a citizen of the country, I do have an opinion on what is going on. However, I don’t think that’s enough for me to be a politician.” —Sonakshi Sinha.
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S Jaishankar: Donald Trump
“Don’t demonize (US President Donald) Trump, analyze Trump.He represents a thought process.It’s not a momentary expression.” —S Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary.
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Matt LeMay: Two seemingly contradictory steps
“To find a process that works well, an organization must take two seemingly contradictory steps: follow the rules to the letter, and change the rules without fear.” —Matt LeMay.
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Galileo Galilei: Teaching
”You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” —Galileo Galilei.
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Bertrand Russell: Beliefs
“I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.” —Bertrand Russell.
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Bipasha Basu: Give yourself time
“When you are feeling something strong for someone, never ask anybody. Give yourself time.” —Bipasha Basu.
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George Jean Nathan: Bad officials, good citizens
”Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” —George Jean Nathan, author and editor (14 Feb 1882-1958) .
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Farhan Sethna: Encourage math and science
“It is unfair to penalise companies for hiring foreign H1-B professional workers. If Congress doesn’t want foreign workers, fix the US first. Encourage math and science, not just professional sports.” —Farhan Sethna, immigration attorney.
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Eugene Fama: What I have to say
”I don’t believe anyone wants to hear what I have to say.” —Eugene Fama.
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Angelina Jolie: International responsibilities
“Every government must balance the needs of its citizens with its international responsibilities. But our response must be measured and should be based on facts, not fear.” —Angelina Jolie.
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Bibek Debroy: Infosys, Tata Sons or both?
“Why is an internal board battle Grist for media prattle and tattle? Is it because of a backseat mentor Remains a perpetual tormentor, Treating a company like personal chattel?” —Bibek Debroy.
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Sarojini Naidu: Deeper, greater, more earnest
”We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.” —Sarojini Naidu.
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Karin Slaughter: Reading
Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. -Karin Slaughter, novelist (b. 6 Jan 1971).
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Abraham Lincoln: Rightful masters
“The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” —Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865).
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Abraham Lincoln: America
”America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Randy Hunt: Designing
”The more you know how things work, the better you will be at designing them.”—Randy Hunt.
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Seneca: Live straightaway
“The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon the morrow and wastes today. You dispose of that which lies in the hands of Fortune, you let go that which lies in your own. Whither do you look? At what goal do you aim? All things that are still to come lie in uncertainty;…
