Salman Rushdie Quotes

You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 19, 1947

Topics

IdeasYouYearsOutModernBeen

It's too bad about 'Dark of the Sun.' It was really about Tshombe. When I read the script, I thought it was going to be a political movie, and I thought we might even have a hassle. But the director simplified it to brutality and bad taste.

Jim Brown

SunThoughtPoliticalBadDarkEven

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

John F. Kennedy

LiveHistoryWillLivedWouldLike

I think Americans raise eyebrows when you tell them that IRS agents are training with a type of weapon that has stand-off capability. It's not like they're carrying a sidearm, and they knock on someone's door and say, 'You're evading your taxes.'

Jeff Duncan

TrainingDoorThinkSomeoneYouSay

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

Simon Le Bon

MusicLanguageBarriersGenerations

The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer, our answer, all our answer must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action.

Loretta Lynch

ActionCalmViolencePeacefulNever

It's important to do what's right for you. Some people who have a healthy diet and exercise regularly will always be a size 14 because that is right for them. It's about being fit and healthy rather than being a perfect 10.

Debra Stephenson

PeopleDietExerciseYouPerfect

I saw a report yesterday. There's so much oil, all over the world, they don't know where to dump it. And Saudi Arabia says, 'Oh, there's too much oil.' They - they came back yesterday. Did you see the report? They want to reduce oil production. Do you think they're our friends? They're not our friends.

Donald Trump

WorldThinkFriendsYouYesterday

We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland.

Ciaran Hinds

PoliticsDirtySeenIrelandLot

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Publilius Syrus

KindnessYouRefuseDenyIntend

Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies.

Paulo Freire

SocietyNeedsOtherEveryExamine

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

Peace Pilgrim

FamilyPeaceSelfFindWayHuman

The number one focus of the American people has been jobs and the economy.

Sean Spicer

FocusPeopleAmericanEconomyBeen

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