"You are at a choice-point in every moment of each circumstance, each activity, spoken word and thought."

“One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains.”

Source : Ray Stannard Baker (1908). “Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy”

“I simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life.”

“Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. August 2, 2004.

“The way to improve productivity is not to bring in experts to talk about inputs - seed, equipment and materials, pesticides or water supply. The way to start is to provide an assured market, a fair price, and a system through which rural producers can market their produce which is reasonably efficient and can transfer to them the maximum share of the consumers' money. If such a structure is erected, the producers will then seek the inputs and materials they need to increase their production and productivity.”

“As I get older, my skin shows more of how I am feeling, like a mirror. If I am stressed, or not getting enough sleep, I see it in my face right away.”

“My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.”

“I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.”

“Scriptures are Letters from Home. Can you imagine getting a letter from home and not even bothering to open it?”