"My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names."

“No one person, no one alliance, no one nation, no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.”

“The greatest travelers have not gone beyond the limits of their own world; they have trodden the paths of their own souls, of good and evil, of morality and redemption.”

Source : Carlo Levi (2008). “Fear of Freedom: With the Essay, "Fear of Painting"”, p.30, Columbia University Press

“There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.”

“Jessica Biel is a really interesting case. She actually called us after the table read and said, "You guys should go meaner." She pitched us, and said, "Look, I know there are a lot of things to make fun of me about. I don't want people to think you're pulling punches. Please, dive in." We asked, "Could we tell a joke about your friend and mentor Stephen Collins?" And she said, "Well maybe not so much in that area. As long as the jokes were about me, I'm game for everything."”

“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians—or the Pakistanis.”

Source : Khushwant Singh (2009). “Train to Pakistan”, p.52, Penguin Books India

“I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry of me being the person who actually turns the clock back so that we can have a Prime Minister's Office and, indeed, a democracy, that actually respects what voters say and is open and transparent. Because, not only does it matter to gain people's trust, but it matters for quality public policy and governance, and that's why we're committed to open and transparent government.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

“A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.”

“We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.”