Our parents are the coolest parents ever. No other generation went on from writing letters to their own parents to sending snapchats to their own kids.

There are three qualities that every individual must have to achieve success: a Monk’s patience, a Warrior’s courage, a Child’s imagination.

If you are born on this planet, we want to make sure you get the kind of education you actually deserve.

We haven’t even reached 0.00000001% of where we want to reach. There is so much more to do. We want to make sure that no child should ever be on the mercy of anyone else for his/her education.

We cannot leave our children disconnected from opportunities that are designed specially for them.

We cannot let the future of our children be decided by their zip codes and family incomes.

We cannot let commercialization of education come in the way of democratization of education.

Our national emblem has four lions but unfortunately we have highlighted more lambs and wolfs than real lions of our country.

Change takes time. But, it also takes people.

Be Practical." That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life.

Success for me hasn't been about individual success. It's about the success of all those young boys and girls who I have the honor of working with.

It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher power, or a small trick of the mind. If this were all true, there would be no story to tell.

I see my mother exactly as she is – sad and strong, tense and trying.

I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.

It was the success of 'Bend it Like Beckham' which got my name out there. 'A Mighty Heart' also helped.

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open.

I wash my hair after every shoot. If I'm not shooting I can normally do it every other day. I always follow my tailored haircare routine and stick to that, and I always get great results.

Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God.

The most important thing I do is I'm a dad.

My work is in itself a ghost of my vision.