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“That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong.”
Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.”
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“Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.”
Source : Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2000. 
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“Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do.”
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“And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath my feet and became biting snakes, similes fled from my grasp like frightened deer, taking all meaning with them. All was alien, and amidst the hanging, entangling creepers of this foreign grammar, all sound became a cacophany. I feared for myself, for my health and sanity, but then I thought of my purpose, of where I was and who I was, of pain and I pressed on.”
Source : Vikram Chandra (2011). “Red Earth and Pouring Rain”, p.277, Faber & Faber
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“He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.”
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“I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.”
Source : Kinky Friedman (1993). “Kinky Friedman: Three Complete Mysteries : Greenwich Killing Time/a Case of Lone Star/When the Cat's Away”, Outlet
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“Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.”
