Salman Rushdie Quotes

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeStoryDifferenceSeeTellFar

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.

John Desmond Bernal

LifeSpaceColdWarmIndependent

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

John F. Kennedy

FutureResponsibilityPoliticsPast

Robots are great. I am saying that now so that when a future civilization of robots takes us captive, they will search through the 'Guardian' web archive and realise I said, 'Robots are great,' and then they'll choose to save me.

Matt Haig

FutureGreatI AmMeSayingSearch

When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.

Michael Ashcroft

DayFaceEarlyEnemyOne DayOwn

So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.

Steve Case

BestYourselfPeopleComfort Zone

The things I do outside of playing the piano are done out of an inner necessity, not just because I want to try my hand at different things.

Stephen Hough

Just BecauseDoneWantHandTryOut

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.

Stuart Chase

DemocracySaidNeverBeenTried

I'm obsessed with neon sneakers.

Rob Kardashian

SneakersObsessed

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

Jose Saramago

LiveGovernmentPeopleRichReality

The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.

William Robertson Smith

GodLandHis

Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.

Muhammad Iqbal

StoneGlassWillBecomeAirDust

My dad, for the first 15 years of my career, on every visit he made to a play or a film set, would find the oldest person on set and say, 'Do you think my son has a future?'

Kenneth Branagh

FutureSonThinkYouCareerPlay

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