I have been president of the Indian Kabbadi Association, and likewise, I have been associated with various other sports as well.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

Your face is engraved in my mind. I can’t erase it. I don’t want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.

The best way to maximize your time is by not wasting time. This requires planning and having an awareness of how you spend your time throughout the day.

A fellow has to believe in something, Jay-such as the rottenness of humanity.

Why do you even have jewelry?" she asked. "You don't wear any." "It seems I acquired it for you.

Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but the feel, the sound, those phrases that got me.

You are a paintbrush in hands of the Artist.

I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M.

[F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at restaurants.

The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.

Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?