Zama Quotes & Sayings

What kind of Muslim are you?
Are you a once-a-lifetime, once-a-year, once-a-week, once-a-day man? — Farahad Zama

You can take an Indian out of the caste system, but you cannot take the caste system out of an Indian. — Farahad Zama

Not all marriages are made in heaven. Some, probably most, are constructed here on earth for any number of reason. — Farahad Zama

People keep looking for the perfect one, but perfection is an attribute of God alone. — Farahad Zama

Ironically, girls who don't think so much about their family and are a little bit self-centred are not only happier themselves but also maintain good relationships with their families. — Farahad Zama

Is it possible to observe without the observer? — Jiddu Krishnamurti

The seeds from Ramanujan's garden have been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape.
[On the stimulating effects of Ramanujan's mathematical legacy.] — Freeman Dyson

You can have the whole world looking out for you, Pari, but it is not a substitute for that one special person to share your life with. — Farahad Zama

I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. — Charles Dickens

Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of The Paris Review. — William Kennedy

The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Even after so many years of marriage, there were things she didn't know about her husband's life! — Farahad Zama

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. — Seneca The Elder

It's pointless giving advice to people who will not listen. It only reduces the value of your words. — Farahad Zama

Into each life, a little rain will fall. But everyone must suffer the sun burning down too. — Farahad Zama

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause. — L. Ron Hubbard

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. — Maria Edgeworth

If you don't even leave the house for fear of the journey, how will you ever reach your destination? -Rehman- — Farahad Zama

Oh, Vasu. People always talk; you have to learn to ignore them. — Farahad Zama

There is no point in getting rich if we lose our soul along the way. — Farahad Zama

We struggle so much for money, power and love, but the world doesn't care. It just goes round and round in its own circle — Farahad Zama

That's the mistake people make - always searching for the perfect match, when they would be just as happy if they settled for somebody reasonably good. — Farahad Zama

It's easy to dream about it ... Much harder to execute it ... Work! — Gary Vaynerchuk

Ecause human beings cannot remain grateful for long, you know. — Farahad Zama

I would like to forget the image of the ship's crane at Southampton docks when it lifted into the sky the three wooden trunks which held all that my family owned. There is only one memory I want to preserve. It is Maria, who is also Zama, sipping condensed milk on the steps of the doep at night. The African nights were warm. The stars were bright. I loved Maria but I'm not sure she loved me back. Politics and poverty had separated her from her own children and she was exhausted by the white children in her care, by everyone and everything in her care. At the end of the day, away from the people who stole her life's energy and made her tired, she had found a place to rest, momentarily, from myths about her character and her purpose in life." (from "Things I Don't Want to Know" by Deborah Levy) — Deborah Levy

Some people are like that - always searching fro something better, never satisfied.,Makes you wonder if they ever get a good night's sleep. They must toss and turn, dreaming about a softer mattress or a plumper pillow. — Farahad Zama

Life is a game of snakes and ladders, sir. You are steadily progressing accros the board, rolling sixes on the dice and thinking you are going to win - suddenly you land on a long snake and slide several rows down, far away from the destination again. -Mr. Ali- — Farahad Zama

I've always thought that men are more romantic than woman. — Farahad Zama

Some things in a marriage just should not be tested. — Farahad Zama

Kayla made me come. Not come-like you guys just-not-I mean, here. She made me come here — Jay McLean

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport. — Walter Raleigh

She had the world's worst poker face: her feelings floated across them like reflections on a still pond. — Jojo Moyes

What really changed my life was watching the movie Juice and the opening scene - just hearing that record rotate. When I heard that I started getting serious about DJing and making beats and recording myself on the four-track. — Gonjasufi

Romance isn't just about pink balloons and heart-shaped cards. It is something much deeper. He put a hand to his heart. Here, where it matters, men are more caring. Ask any young woman what kind of man she wants to marry and the answer will be prince or a millionaire. Ask the same questions of a hundred men, and very few will say that they want a princess or a rich girl. The want somebody beautiful and kind — Farahad Zama

English was such a strange language - expressive in so may way, but so bland in others. — Farahad Zama

Computers are good, but only while they are working. Otherwise, they are no more use than a paperweight — Farahad Zama

Marriages are made in heaven. When Allah made a creature, He also made the creature's mate — Farahad Zama

At least if it is an arranged marriage, you can fault your parents, otherwise you will have only yourself to blame. And, believe me, it is always harder to bear something if you cannot blame somebody else for it. -Mr. Ali- — Farahad Zama

Abba, you may not like it, but what I'm doing is important. If you don't agree, then I'm sorry. I can't do anything about it. — Farahad Zama

There is no such thing as a perfect match. There are only somewhat good and somewhat bad matches. A couple are like two pebbles that are next to each other on a beach. They will have rough edges and rub each other the wrong way initially. But as they spend time together and the waves pound them, the edges rub off and they will seem made for each other. — Farahad Zama