English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Arundhati Roy Quotes

Arundhati Roy quote: "Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons."

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.

Arundhati Roy

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful intuition, the agility of the fresh insight. They become accustomed to the more plodding varieties of reason, and because this is more than made up by the accumulation of experience, old men think themselves wiser than the young. Isaac Asimov
Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce. W. Averell Harriman
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone..."
Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone to poison the praise for what blessings remain to us. Lois McMaster Bujold
Paul Scott quote: "We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted..."
We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are. Paul Scott
Dwight D. Eisenhower quote: "If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it."
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones..."
One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art. Friedrich Nietzsche
Donnie Yen quote: "Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your..."
Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. Donnie Yen
Diogenes quote: "Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a..."
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. Diogenes
I knew her like a book. I really did. I mean, besides checkers, she was quite fond of all athletic sports, and after I got to know her, the whole summer long we played tennis together almost every morning and golf almost every afternoon. I really got to know her quite intimately. I don't mean it was anything physical or anythingit wasn'tbut we saw each other all the time. You don't always have to get too sexy to get to know a girl. J. D. Salinger
Hugh Hefner quote: "I am in very good health. I've never felt better."
I am in very good health. I've never felt better. Hugh Hefner
Francis Bacon quote: "Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will..."
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. Francis Bacon
Mainbocher quote: "To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in."
To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in. Mainbocher
Evel Knievel quote: "All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die."
All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die. Evel Knievel
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "No man is above the law, and no man is below it."
No man is above the law, and no man is below it. Theodore Roosevelt
I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric. Elon Musk