Salman Rushdie Quotes

I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DayThinkPressureKnowSayLiving

Yucca Mountain isn't pretty. And it also isn't large. From far away, the mountain's just a squat bulge in the middle of the desert, essentially just debris from a bigger, stronger mountain that erupted millions of years ago and hurled its broken pieces into piles across the earth.

John D'Agata

MountainBrokenDesertStronger

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

Steve Prefontaine

AttitudePowerAloneBestHateMe

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

Rosanne Cash

LiveWarSmallOthersPlanetIdiocy

All religions throughout history have been concerned about - and have sometimes fought over - what it means to represent God, and they have found elegant, intriguing, and awkward ways to confront that dilemma.

Mary Beard

GodHistorySometimesOverAwkward

I definitely used to lie about my age. I'm from Tennessee and everyone would vacation in Destin, Florida, where there are lots of cute guys. I would go with my older sister and lie about my age to them.

Lucy Hale

AgeCuteLieVacationSisterGo

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

Joshua Roman

FocusAttentionThroughPlaying

All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the most part you're going to find a Starbucks in every airport. You're going to get your coffee and the 'USA Today' or 'New York Times' in every airport.

Jason Reitman

TodayBeautifulCoffeeNew YorkLook

Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.

Domhnall Gleeson

LifeGreatLookCareerWayBatman

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Aretha Franklin

RespectWomanManBlackWhiteWant

Yes, I am aware that I have become a caricature. I've thought about this. Conceptually, what I'd like to do is the equivalent of writing myself out of the script.

Phil Collins

MyselfI AmWritingThoughtBecome

I like to think of myself as a 'live life to its fullest' type of guy.

Shaun Sipos

LifeLiveLive LifeMyselfThink

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

Scott Weiland

FamilyProblemsKindMatterAlways

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