Motilal Quotes & Sayings

Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their transmortal El Dorado. Sancho Panza will not quit his chimney-corner, but under promise of imaginary islands to govern. — James Russell Lowell

With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favourite book. So it is with Zelazny. I've read his 'Princes in Amber' books so often, I know them almost verbatim, so much so that I am now trying to forget them so I can return to them with renewed pleasure. — Neal Asher

Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality. — Bill Condon

Thoughts are more alive than you are. Without thoughts, are you there? — Debasish Mridha

I had nothing to wear except one great pair of shoes. — Adriane Leigh

When a diplomat says 'yes' he means 'maybe.' When a diplomat says 'maybe' he means 'no.' But if a diplomat says 'no' he's no diplomat. — Alan Furst

I love living in Los Angeles. — William Shatner

Here lies Joseph II, who was unfortunate in everything that he undertook — Jackson J. Spielvogel

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil. — Steven Saylor

Pull on the new flesh like borrowed gloves
and burn your fingers once again. — Richard K. Morgan

It is possible to suggest that the first step towards inherited political power came when Motilal Nehru urged Mahatma Gandhi to name his son Jawaharlal as Congress president. Motilal did that on more than one occasion and Gandhiji obliged, to the dismay of both Subhas Chandra Bose and Vallabhbhai Patel. While Bose rejected Gandhiji's preference for Nehru, Patel was too much of a loyalist to question the Mahatma. The — Sanjaya Baru

Question everything. Then pay close attention to the answers, no matter how small the voice. — K.S. Thompson