Vashisht In English Quotes & Sayings

I am too much of an imitator to be a true writer. — Zia Haider Rahman

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. — David Hume

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. — Francis Bacon

I don't want to be famous. I want to tell stories. — Carrie Coon

We were all used to Dad's little show-off sessions, and though they were never worthy of excitement, we always tried to humor him. (Last weekend he'd called us out to the lawn to see what a big pile of dandelions he'd weeded.) — Emily Cassel

Well, old Barbicane, they might have cut me into slices, from my feet upwards, before I could have worked out that problem.'
'Because you don't know algebra,' replied
Barbicane quietly.
'Ah, there you are, you fellows with your x's. You think algebra is an answer to everything. — Jules Verne

I was at the famous Shiva temple of Brihadishwari in Tanjore, — Thomas Hoover

I really feel like I came out of the water when I graduated from college, because I wasn't really aware of what was going on. If certain people tried to take advantage of me or whatever, I never really realized it until I got out of school. — Nicolas Jaar

He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character. — Edgar Allan Poe

A good thing can't be cruel. — Charles Dickens

In a world of seven billion people, where every inch of land has been mapped, much of it developed, and too much of it destroyed, the sea remains the final unseen, untouched, and undiscovered wilderness, the planet's last great frontier. There are no mobile phones down there, no e-mails, no tweeting, no twerking, no car keys to lose, no terrorist threats, no birthdays to forget, no penalties for late credit card payments, and no dog shit to step in before a job interview. All the stress, noise, and distractions of life are left at the surface. The ocean is the last truly quiet place on Earth. — James Nestor

One can see [ ... ] that the so-called governing powers are cardboard characters that mask the true ruling factors of our culture. Of course, those who manipulate the nation are not stupid. Rulers throughout history are only as powerful as the people who support them allow them to be. — Peter Moon

We love out of compassion, passion or a sense of commitment. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando