Thackerays Vanity Fair Quotes & Sayings

I can't stand it. I can't stand someone being embarrassed. I don't know why. If someone slips over and the first thing they do is look around, I pretend I haven't seen it. — Ricky Gervais

It is in the oral traditions of the villages that the arts of India are really alive. The brief Western immortality of museums is pointless to people who have seen eternity in their earth. — Santha Rama Rau

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job. — Marcus Du Sautoy

During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work. — Rachel McAdams

Do not pursue what you cannot keep. — Sunday Adelaja

That the Party did not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority. That it sought power because men in the mass were frail cowardly creatures who could not endure liberty or face the truth, and must be ruled over and systematically deceived by others who were stronger than themselves. That the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better. — George Orwell

Happiness and suffering are feelings - parts of our mind - and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we really want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must improve our understanding of the mind. — Kelsang Gyatso

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to lean in a short period of time. — Eric Bana