Quotes About Purdah

#1. As she spoke, Isabel found herself thinking of the power of words. A single word, a phrase, a sentence or two could have such extraordinary power; could end a world, break a heart or, as in this case, consign another to moral purdah.

Alexander McCall Smith

#2. My husband was very eager to take me out of purdah. One day I said to him, "What do I want with the outside world?"
"The outside world may want you," he replied.

Rabindranath Tagore

#3. My mind was consumed with the idea of purdah. From behind it no call for help could be heard. An abandoned species was trapped in a forbidden world. Everything corrupt happened under the shroud, when it was off a faceless and nameless woman appeared.

Tehmina Durrani

#4. as such, there will be no more purdah?" "It is because you can

E. M. Forster

#5. Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'

Malala Yousafzai

#6. Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of purdah for Muslim women. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India.

B.R. Ambedkar

#7. A lot of animal experiments consider only commercial interests. We want to ban all animal experiments as soon as possible.

Marianne Thieme

#8. To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.

William Shakespeare

#9. At the end of the day, you should take every opportunity that comes your way.

Leona Lewis

#10. We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest

Thabo Mbeki

#11. The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

William James

#12. Well. Hello. Yeh must be Harry. Hello, Harry Potter. I'm Rubeus Hagrid. And I'm gonna be yer friend whether yeh like it or not. 'Cos yeh've had it tough, not that yeh know it yet. An' yer gonna need friends. Now yeh best come with me, don't yeh think?

J.K. Rowling

#13. Music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's universal.

Abderrahmane Sissako

#14. Abstraction is the condition of the science of metaphysics, but in no way is its content.

Fulton J. Sheen

#15. In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

Prince Philip

#16. You look tired."
"Yeah," I agreed, and shrugged. "Near-death experiences do that to me ...

Stephenie Meyer

#17. With every additional moment, I fell deeper and harder for Matt Quinn. How dare he make me love him? It was almost cruel.

Belle Aurora

#18. I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.

Joakim Noah

#19. I and me are always too deeply in conversation: how could I endure it,
if there were not a friend?
The friend of the hermit is always the third one: the third one is the float which prevents the conversation of the two from sinking into the depth.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#20. If you are going to learn, you need to forget what you know. - Pokey

Christopher Moore

#21. Be honest, Do I give off a vibe that says 'No, handsome stud, I don't want you to make a pass at me,' while at the same time communicating, 'Hello there, acne-ridden dwarf. Promise me we'll meet again.

Melissa Kantor