Anurag Shourie Quotes & Sayings

Nostalgia can be more painful than a surgeon's knife. — Anurag Shourie

Self-destruction is an art; cursed are the exponents. — Anurag Shourie

Tears can ruin the handiwork of the best beautician. — Anurag Shourie

Love is just like God. Some believe in it, some don't. You can only feel love and that too if you are open to its existence. Likewise, an atheist cannot feel the presence of the divine because his mind is shut to the possibility of there being one. — Anurag Shourie

There is a very thin line of demarcation dividing true love from unadulterated lust. What is love without the pleasures of the flesh and what is lust sans a fluttering heart? — Anurag Shourie

The time is ripe for young Indian authors writing in the English language. — Anurag Shourie

Being a doctor, you are not supposed to give vent to any signs of revulsion on encountering the most noxious of odours or the most gruesome of sights. — Anurag Shourie

Death is the only certainty in life. The moment we are born, our journey towards our final destination begins. It's the beauty or the ugliness of that journey that defines our life; the distances covered varying in each case. Every flower that has bloomed in the free breeze of spring has to wither in the cruel icy autumn draught. — Anurag Shourie

A weapon is only an extension of one's own persona; as lethal or useless as the person wielding it. — Anurag Shourie

The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn. — Anurag Shourie

Not very tall, not very dark but very...very handsome,' was his way of describing himself. — Anurag Shourie

An idle mind is a devil's workshop and I am prone to renting out my mind to the first bidder. — Anurag Shourie

Everyone in this world is Abhimanyu, the difference being that most of us are trapped in a labyrinth of our own creation. It takes a lifetime for people to realise that the way out lies in their own hands. All it requires is a little introspection. — Anurag Shourie

Enough of medical ethics. Let Uncle
Hippocrates rest in peace. It's time to send an S.O.S to Uncle Omar Khayyam instead. — Anurag Shourie

Destiny plays its cards in a way that no one can comprehend. — Anurag Shourie

Every war has its martyrs - the unsung heroes who sometimes don't even know the rationale behind the war they are fighting. They fight because they are trained to, kill because they are told to and die because they are destined to. — Anurag Shourie

For me, every book is an individual with its own identity and has to be nurtured and taken care
of, so that it may survive for a longer period. — Anurag Shourie

When you can't handle the heady concoction of wine and women, it's time to pack up your bags and quit. — Anurag Shourie

A half-truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you for long. — Anurag Shourie