Shibaji Basu Quotes & Sayings

The Jewish people are very diverse, and I believe this rich tapestry of identities and experiences strengthens our community. — Lynn Schusterman

Gentrifiers focus on aesthetics, not people. Because people, to them, are aesthetics. — Anonymous

God is love. Yes or no? No. — Samuel Beckett

But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff mattered. It slipped off me. It was like shedding your clothes before you step in the shower. I felt I was down to essentials again. In fact I felt very close to God at that moment. I guess if you're ever going to feel close to God it'll be while you're looking at the heavens. — John Marsden

The more elevated a culture, the richer its language. The number of words and their combinations depends directly on a sum of conceptions and ideas; without the latter there can be no understandings, no definitions, and, as a result, no reason to enrich a language. — Anton Chekhov

Formerly irreconcilable enemies, morality and happiness have fused; today, it is being unhappy that is immoral; the superego has moved into the citadel of felicity and governs it with an iron hand. The end of culpability comes at the price of endless torment. Pleasure is no longer a promise but a problem. The idea of full satisfaction has replaced that of constraint, and it has in turn become a requirement that full satisfaction be achieved. Each of us is responsible for being in good shape, in a good mood, and no longer has to renounce anything; instead, we have to adapt to a process of improvement that rejects any resistance to change. Order has ceased to condemn us or deprive us; now it shows us, with maternal solicitude, how to fulfill ourselves. — Pascal Bruckner

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not. — Alain Prost

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists. — Spike Lee

Here was a tranquil, sunshiny day of a life that was to be agitated and stormy - a happy hour or two to remember. Not much happened during the happy hour or two. It was only sweet sleep, pleasant waking, friendly welcome, serene pastime. — William Makepeace Thackeray

I never will give up. — Junior Dos Santos

In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare — Gifford Pinchot

I'd prefer it if the coach said certain things to me face to face. — Samir Nasri

The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just gets worse. The more you have, the deeper you go, the more you need. — Emily Maguire