Vikram Seth Quotes

I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 20, 1952

Topics

PeopleBelieveReadingThinkingFeel

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.

Matthew Lesko

WorkMoneyWarFreeGivingHospital

What the Snowden scenario proved is that the weakest link is not the technology, the weakest link is the individual; we shouldn't kid ourselves.

John W. Thompson

TechnologyKidIndividualOurselves

I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.

Roland Joffe

NeverAudienceWhereSomething

Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.

Maryam D'Abo

LifeExperiencePeopleSkinSayOff

Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out.

Donna Brazile

FunStartGuiltyWatchingRealOut

I drank beer, and I had a career year.

David Wells

BeerYearCareerHadDrank

If you asked me to make a Gaslight Anthem album on my own, I would say, 'No way, that's crazy.' I would never have been able to do that.

Brian Fallon

MeCrazyYouSayWayMy Own

My father is from North Carolina, and he got rid of his drawl really fast. He's very much about speaking correctly, enunciating in certain ways.

Boots Riley

FatherFastNorth CarolinaGotHe

I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball.

Allen Iverson

BasketballBelieveFeelPlayDone

I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set in 1967, people have furniture given to them by their grandmother, which she bought in 1932!

Peter Mullan

HatePeopleFurnitureGrandmother

It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me.

Sheryl Lee

MeDarkBeastDark SideInsideSide

I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.

Paula Deen

DayMeKitchenLongEvery DayHouse

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