Upakarti Quotes

#1. Some people will say a woman is subordinate to men because its our culture. But culture is constantly changing ... culture does not make people, people makes culture.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#2. Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.

Maximillian Degenerez

#3. Life without hope is hopelessly difficult but at the end hope can so easily make fools of us all.

Henry Marsh

#4. Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Vincent Van Gogh

#5. We can have ethics and we can have honor and we can have loyalty," he insisted, "and every other key virtue we learned as humans." He was roaring at me under his breath, as the British so often do it, with a veneer of silvery politeness.

Anne Rice

#6. I don't want to die an old lady.

Edith Piaf

#7. I want to see the world and do all kinds of exciting things, and a little money won't hurt.

Anne Frank

#8. The reason he wouldn't be drawn into political or even theological debate was that he was indifferent to other people's opinions and felt no urge to engage with or oppose them.

Ian McEwan

#9. Death is not easily escaped, try it who will; but every living soul among the children of men dwelling upon the earth goeth of necessity unto his destined place, where the body, fast in its narrow bed, sleepeth after feast.

Chauncey Brewster Tinker

#10. The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.

George Clooney

#11. There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?

Alan Bradley

#12. Quin put his hand on my knee, sending a flutter through me as if he had softly blown on the dandelion pieces of my heart.

Ellery A. Kane

#13. When I'm up there, and I know the show's coming to a close, in my head I'm saying to myself, Oh man, you gotta get off and be a normal person again. That's what I don't like so much.

Adam Sandler

#14. If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.

Herman Melville