Pratigya 33 Quotes

#1. Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment.

Louis Pasteur

#2. The engine driving the Kelly system is the "law of large numbers." In a 1713 treatise on probability, Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli propounded a law that has been misunderstood by gamblers (and investors) ever since.

William Poundstone

#3. I became an actor by accident.

Christopher Walken

#4. The Rig Veda defines yoga as a union or "yoking" of the material and spiritual worlds, and it doesn't describe any physical postures other than the traditional cross-legged meditation pose.

Deepak Chopra

#5. Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. I'm in love with the cities and people I've never met.

John Green

#7. There are times when, that which we wish to be, will come to be, when we let it be.

Tom Althouse

#8. [On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] Her sweetness of character is even beyond her genius.

Mary Russell Mitford

#9. I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.

Michael Sheen

#10. Everyone has at least one story that will stop your heart.

Claudia Shear

#11. For all practical purposes "race" is not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth.

UNESCO

#12. I wrote an ITV drama in the 1960s, a satire on management theory that starred Leonard Rossiter. I'm also a poet and have had work in the 'Spectator.'

Maurice Flanagan