Umrao Jaan Quotes & Sayings

Life's storms, however violent, get us quicker ashore. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Oh, he occasionally takes an alcoholiday. — Oscar Wilde

Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God. — Catherine McAuley

I've lost a lot of battles, but I've never lost sight of the war. My goal is to fight my way to a day when we're old and gray and she looks at me and says 'I'm glad you never gave up.' Until then, I fight. No retreat, baby. No surrender. — Hank Moody

To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing. — Alice Waters

The British Labour movement is today, and for many years has been, working in a narrow circle of strikes that are looked upon, not as an expedient, and not as a means of propaganda, but as an ultimate aim. — Friedrich Engels

I'm not the enemy, they are. I hear them. You're not good enough so no one could ever love you. Come here," he said, pulling her into his arms and looking into her huge blue eyes that were the same color as his own. "I love you. You are lovable. They're idiots. And I love everything about you, just the way you are. Now that's my message to you. It's not theirs. It's mine. You are the most lovable woman I've ever known." As he said it, he kissed her, and tears of relief slid down her cheeks, and she sobbed in his arms. He had just told her everything she had waited to hear all her life, and had never heard before. — Danielle Steel

HE WORKED IT OUT FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES ON THE WHITEBOARD — Neal Stephenson

I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. — Louis Malle

Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad. — Jason Alexander

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen. — Peter Mayhew