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:

Salman Rushdie Quotes

Enough of invisibility, silence, timidity, defensiveness, guilt! An invisible, silenced man was an empty space into which others could pour their prejudices, their agendas, their wrath. The fight against fanaticism needed visible faces, audible voices. He would be quiet no longer. He would try to become a loud and visible man.

Salman Rushdie

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections. John Thune
I had dropped one form and not taken on the other, and was become like Mohammed's coffin in our legend, with a resultant feeling of intense loneliness in life, and a contempt, not for other men, but for all they do. T. E. Lawrence
Paris Hilton quote: "It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered..."
It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was. Paris Hilton
Meg Cabot quote: "Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made..."
Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder. Meg Cabot
David Livingstone quote: "I will go anywhere, provided it be forward."
I will go anywhere, provided it be forward. David Livingstone
Voltaire quote: "There is some pleasure in having no pleasure."
There is some pleasure in having no pleasure. Voltaire
Drew Carey quote: "What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves..."
What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously. Drew Carey
Hascomb snatched an ancient weapon out of his glove compartment. Officers have smuggled them home from the last five wars. The Colt.45 automatic. John D. MacDonald
Kristin Hersh quote: "If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they..."
If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys. Kristin Hersh
You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us. Robin Gibb
As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality. Everything here eventually dies; we're just the lucky ones who get to think about this fact every day. Elizabeth Gilbert
Tom Clancy quote: "The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to..."
The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place. Tom Clancy
Li Na quote: "When you do one thing, people think it's right or wrong. Maybe..."
When you do one thing, people think it's right or wrong. Maybe half-half. Li Na
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going. Bill Frisell
Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching. Catherine Deneuve