English Vinglish Quotes & Sayings

I have a Bachelor in medicine, a Bachelor in surgery, and I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. — Hasnat Khan

I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. — Henry David Thoreau

It was hard and sour, but, as Poushkin said, the illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. I saw a happy man, one whose dearest dream had come true, who had attained his goal in life, who had got what he wanted, and was pleased with his destiny and with himself. — Anton Chekhov

Was Tara still standing? Or was Tara also gone with the wind which had swept through Georgia? — Margaret Mitchell

What we do as an individual affects the whole world. — Sharon Gannon

We look at young black kids with a scowl on their face, walking a certain way down the block with their sweatpants dangling, however, with their hoodies on. And folks think that this is a show of power or a show of force. But I know, because I've been among those kids, it ultimately is fear. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The major thing is to view biology as an information science. — Leroy Hood

I can't believe it. He is sporting a bona fide erection in the middle of class. All because of me.
In history you learn about entire kingdoms crumbling into chaos because of a woman - or, in some cases, multiple women. I smile at Professor Delacroix, putting an extra bit of swing into my hips as I sashay out the door. I'm beginning to see just how easy it is to bring a man to his knees with a few flashes of bare skin, and the whispered promise of hot, sweaty sex. — Nenia Campbell

My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves. — Chris Bohjalian