Subhabrata Sen Quotes & Sayings

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power. — Benazir Bhutto

When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music. — Karen Blixen

People think that the opposite of success is failure, but it's not. Failure is part of the process of success. — Randy Gage

Always be a beginner at something. — Bill Buxton

Observe how women defeat each other; whether it's simply for a promotion, for a husband, for survival, so she won't be beaten up in a relationship. She has to now fear every other woman because every woman represents a threat to her. — Frederick Lenz

Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one. — E.B. White

He's a thousand kinds of wonderful and he prefers his men much like I do-strong and dark. — M. Leighton

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this. — Mercedes Ruehl

Twenty-first-century technology takes the fate out of life. — Gwendolyn Heasley

The three topics of this book - technological change, education, and inequality - are intricately related in a kind of 'race.' During the first three-quarters of the twentieth century, the rising supply of educated workers outstripped the increased demand caused by technological advances. Higher real incomes were accompanied by lower inequality. But during the last two decades of the century the reverse was the case, and there was sharply rising inequality. Put another way, in the first half of the century, education raced ahead of technology, but later in the century, technology raced ahead of educational gains. The skill bias of technology did not change much across the century, nor did its rate of change. Rather, the sharp rise in inequality was largely due to an educational slowdown. — Claudia Goldin

Hope is a waking dream.' I let the words echo in my head. The quote reminded me of that feeling you get when you start to wake from a dream you don't want to leave. That crushing sensation in the center of your chest, like you are losing an important piece of yourself you won't ever get back. — Jennifer Rush

The Swiss, in addition to being self-righteous and unyielding, will do anything to avoid conflict. Decorum and civility define their culture. Although they are unhappy or worried most of the time, they do not show it. I do not as yet have sufficient information to support the opinion, but I believe that the Swiss government has ordered Prozac to be added to the water. — Scott Haas

Naw," he whispered, taking one more look at the bow tie, "no one is going to care." A — James Gerard

Afterward, I curl around her. We lie in silence until darkness falls, and then, haltingly, she begins to talk ... She speaks without need or even room for response, so I simply hold her and stroke her hair. She talks of the pain, grief, and horror of the past four years; of learning to cope with being the wife of a man so violent and unpredictable his touch made her skin crawl and of thinking, until quite recently, that she'd finally managed to do that. And then, finally, of how my appearance had forced her to realize she hadn't learned to cope at all. — Sara Gruen