No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it.

Life is about making right things and going on.

You become writer by writing. It is a yoga.

We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts.

This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down.

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.

Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of his well.

Food is one part. Love is another part. So, the food will give them physical nutrition. The love and affection which you show, will give them mental nutrition.

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness.

In God we trust, everybody else bring data to the table.

Hijras are a sexual minority that is visible, and yet we are treated as the invisibles. I believe I was never invisible. I thought, "I'm the face in the crowd, not the crowd."

It is better to love someone who does not deserve your love than love no one.

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask

Dogs have hair. Cats, fur.Dogs whine, yip, howl, bark. Cats purrr.I say: No contest.

As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne.

I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.

I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.

The great thing about making cognac is that it teaches you above everything else to wait-man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have got to be on your side.

Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.

We have to shine a bright light on horrific moments in society if we're going to create a better world for our children.

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.