Kiran Desai Quotes

In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.

Kiran Desai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: September 3, 1971

Topics

DogTimeYouWealthIndiaImportant

I came to London when I was 16 and lived with my older sister.

Trinny Woodall

SisterLondonLivedOlder Sister

Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we'll call 'populares,' which were popular leaders who tried to institute these reforms that the people were fighting for.

Michael Parenti

HeroPeopleFightingLongLineCall

McDonald's doesn't suck. It's just not Wendy's. Wendy, she's much prettier than Ronald McDonald.

Molly Sims

McDonaldSheSuckJustPrettier

I don't think I've left a trail of weeping women in my wake. I mean, the number of serious relationships I've had has not been into double digits.

Jay McInerney

WomenThinkTrailSeriousMeanLeft

I'm glad I don't live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn't even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention.

Jonny Lee Miller

LiveWalkAttentionYouKindHill

We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

Derek Jeter

SuccessFocusPastPeopleWinThink

Since retiring from the FBI in 2007, I've traveled the world and worked with everyone from CEOs to their managers and everyday workers on how to apply techniques from hundreds of high-stakes, life-or-death negotiations to business negotiations.

Christopher Voss

BusinessWorldTraveledEverydayFBI

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.

Christiaan Barnard

MondayWorldSaturdayAfricaSurgeon

Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.

Brian Greene

ScienceDisciplineIdeasShowWere

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.

Bobby Heenan

CheatingKnowSuccessfulMarriages

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization.

Arthur Erickson

AttitudeTimeDirectionPresentFlow

I think the most diverse group will produce the best product; I firmly believe that.

Tim Cook

BestBelieveThinkGroupWillMost

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