Jaishree Narayanan Quotes & Sayings

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty. — Marcus Garvey

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions. — Shashi Tharoor

Technopoly is to say that its information immune system is inoperable. Technopoly is a form of cultural AIDS, which I here use as an acronym for Anti-Information Deficiency Syndrome. This is why it is possible to say almost anything without contradiction provided you begin your utterance with the words "A study has shown ... " or "Scientists now tell us that ... " More important, it is why in a Technopoly there can be no transcendent sense of purpose or meaning, no cultural coherence. Information is dangerous when it has no place to go, when there is no theory to which it applies, no pattern in which it fits, when there is no higher purpose that it serves. Alfred North Whitehead called such information "inert," but that metaphor is too passive. Information without regulation can be lethal. — Neil Postman

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me. — Chuck Zito

Something that happens once is nothing. Something that repeats itself, or happens twice, is a coincidence. Something that happens three times, or more ... then there's a reason behind it; whether it's dangerous or harmless, there's always a reason. — Embee

The image of Jupiter, with its ribbons of white cloud, its mottled bands of salmon pink, and the Great Red Spot staring out like a baleful eye, hung steady on the flight-deck projection screen. — Arthur C. Clarke

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant. — Friedrich Nietzsche

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others. — Livy

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism. — Joseph Epstein