Inderjeet Ramgotra Quotes & Sayings

Historically, the Germans had a habit of associating the names of objects with the sounds they made. After bell makers-turned-cannon-makers learned that by closing off the mouth of the cannon before lighting the fuse, the entire cannon could be made to explode, the device they invented became known as the 'bum' (for boom!). In keeping with this tradition, the first one-thousand-pound bomb was dubbed 'ein laussen bum' (meaning, "a loud boom"). After the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, they called the fission device 'ein grossen laussen bum' (or, "a big loud boom"). The next obvious step was the fusion, or H-bomb, which was pronounced 'ein grossen laussen bum all ist kaput! — Charles Pellegrino

Of this, to repeat, means that nuclear terrorism is impossible, only that it is not, as so many people insist, imminent, inevitable, or highly probable. — Steven Pinker

If it's free put me down for two please — Rolf Harris

The idea of a vegetarian butcher is absurd; but there is something more absurd than this: The idea of an honest politician! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

...champagne was an exception. Drinking it is simply telling life that its finer moments are appreciated. — Gwenda Bond

Vertically, I climb your body's majestic rhyme. — Delano Johnson

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation. — Ronald Reagan

For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.' — Gabrielle Zevin

Kindness is a language herd by deaf men and felt by blind men. — Mark Twain

Until the late 1970s there'd either be only black or white in the paintings or if there were colours it would be a small amount, not a large area, and with the color separated from other colors by black or white (which is formula for Damien Hirst's successful dot paintings, incidentally). — Matthew Collings

Without our God we should fear to move; but when He bids us to, it would be dangerous to tarry. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants. — Margaret Thatcher

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering. — Matthew McConaughey

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