Salman Rushdie Quotes

People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleIdeasPersonDonePrejudice

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

Joe Barton

PerspectiveEnvironmentalEnergyLook

It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.

Jennifer Garner

LifeLiveCookingSchoolMomDinner

The reality is that when you're a barrister, you're trained, and you've got ethical structures. You've got to follow the evidence, and that's that.

Robert Rinder

RealityYouFollowEvidenceEthical

What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do.

Stanley Donen

LifeChallengeThinkEasySomething

In ECW, the fans would warm me up. I'd walk around the ring and slap hands with everyone and get ready for the match. I'd feed off that energy, I would use that to create positive energy. In WWE, it's different. It's a timed show; everything is timed. We know - when we get to the ring, we know when there's a commercial.

Rob Van Dam

PositiveWalkMeEnergyWarmHands

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

I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.

Doug Ducey

WorkFreedomGovernmentPossibilities

If you are not bored by life, and your primary motto is enthusiasm and if you like your friends, family around you, it all translates into your designs. That's what keeps the creativity alive.

Christian Louboutin

LifeFamilyMottoCreativityFriends

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

Chuck Grassley

NutsLineBottomUnitedBeenSenate

I grew up with a single mother who brought us up. I always look back at my career, and everything that has happened to me is because of the support of women. My mother, my sister, Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton - all these women have believed in my designs and worn them and given me a platform to increase my visibility.

Prabal Gurung

MotherWomenSupportMeSisterLook

An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself.

Martin Landau

CharacterActorMoreKnowsThan

Say, the next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you, will you?

Morrie Ryskind

TimeMeYouSayWillTalk

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