Bharati Mukherjee Quotes

I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before I left Calcutta: Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.

Bharati Mukherjee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: July 27, 1940

Topics

FatherHomeCreativeMeWriting

I don't just work with these kids to make them good tumblers or good dancers. I'm working with them to make them good citizens - to become taxpayers, not tax-eaters. I teach them to say please and thank you. I show them how to use a knife and fork and how to fold a napkin.

Jesse White

WorkGoodThank YouYouSayBecome

Relationships are full of compromises.

John Rampton

RelationshipsFullCompromises

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Sophocles

NothingFortuneCannotWhoAid

I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.

Rodney Dangerfield

TruthWifeMeSeeingBartenderShe

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

RuPaul

ServicePictureDressedGoPageOut

I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

Matt Berninger

PersonalityTogetherMeSongMood

I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed.

Mike Schultz

LovedSpeedFarmAlwaysOutRush

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously.

Juan Cole

ThinkSeriouslyRightPolicyBeen

Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

HappinessPeaceTellHeadUsBooks

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

Claude Bernard

KnowledgeMenMostMediocreOften

It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio.

Shelby Lynne

WorkMusicHardRadioGetYour

I have no regrets about being 'Doctor Who'. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Tom Baker

MeDoctorNo RegretsRegretsBeing

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