Quotes About Urdu

#1. Pride! In English it is a Deadly Sin. But in Urdu it is fakhr and nazish - both names that you can find more than once on our family tree.

Kamila Shamsie

#2. Though Urdu is the mother tongue of only 5 percent of Pakistanis, it is the official language of the state and is taught in schools nationwide.

Dilip Hiro

#3. I never knew what language they'd lapse into when fucked - Urdu or Telugu or a mix of both (only the techies came in English).

Manil Suri

#4. Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

#5. Mr Earbrass escaped from Messrs Scuffle and Dustcough, who were most anxious to go into all the ramifications of a scheme for having his novels translated into Urdu, and went to call on a distant cousin.

Edward Gorey

#6. I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.

Satya Nadella

#7. A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

Ismail Merchant

#8. My father was a very special human being. He was brilliant in academics, sports and the arts. He wrote, performed and directed plays in English and Hindi/Urdu at his regiment.

Ajay Mehta

#9. We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

#10. an Urdu couplet by one of his favorite poets, Mir Taqi Mir: Jis sar ko ghurur aaj hai yaan taj-vari ka Kal uss pe yahin shor hai phir nauhagari ka The head which today proudly flaunts a crown Will tomorrow, right here, in lamentation drown

Arundhati Roy

#11. My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.

Maajid Nawaz

#12. I used to do a lot of plays in English, Hindi, and Urdu. I wanted to be an actor since I was three and a half.

Ajay Mehta

#13. I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

Juan Cole

#14. I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.

F. Sionil Jose

#15. Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.

Ismail Merchant

#16. I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.

Esha Gupta

#17. I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.

Amisha Patel

#18. The best way to tell whether the Norwegian is a Norwegian is to say:
"Are you Swedish?"
Regardless whether you say this in English, French, Italian, Japanese, Urdu or Swahili, he will answer:
"Swedish? Me? I'm a Norwegian!"
Then you will be able to tell.

Odd Borretzen

#19. I've noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell you the next stage is worse.

Dave Barry

#20. If we don't get the military right nothing else matters.

Benjamin Carson

#21. To me a man of meditation is bound to be immensely loving.

Rajneesh

#22. Jahan mein ehle-e-imaan soorat-e-khursheed jeetay hain,
Idhar doobey, udhar nikley; udhar doobey, idhar nikley

In this world, men of faith and self-confidence are like the sun,
They go down on one side to come up on the other.

Allama Iqbal

#23. I can't live without mousse. When my hair is damp I put it at the roots. When I blow dry my hair it makes it so much bouncier. It gives you shampoo commercial hair and makes your blowout so much better.

Shay Mitchell

#24. The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.

George W. Bush

#25. Udru, a language common among India's Muslims, exhibits Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Indian influences. Its name derives from the Turkic word "ordu", meaning army, since it was at the Turkic army camps that these four languages intermingled.

Firas Alkhateeb

#26. Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,' she said. 'Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.

William Dalrymple

#27. Once through this ruined city did I pass
I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked
'What knowest thou of this wilderness?'
It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words:
'Alas, Alas!

Khushwant Singh

#28. The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

India.Arie