- “Feeling is as inescapable as breathing. We all know what happens when you hold your breath” – The shrink in the movie Sibil
- “Companies want hungry people” -Atul chacha
- “Living well is the best revenge” – Atul chacha
- “Learn to learn till you’re 18” – Friend’s grandfather
- “Profit is not a dirty word” –mom (I’m sure its originally said by someone else)
- “I don’t even bother when I am contradicting myself because a man who is consistent throughout his life is an idiot. A growing person has to contradict himself many times”- Osho
- “Gifted people are ahead of time” – Bhatnagar sir, my Psychology tutor
- “The biggest thing American hegemony has done is fool you that you need to wear Denim Jeans in 40°C when you have cotton and khadi available!”- Malvika Maheshwari, Political Science Professor at my college
- “Climb the right mountain to actually feel successful” (paraphrased)- Robin Sharma
- “I don’t like the genre I do, its not my favorite” – Shorya Shukla, a fellow student.
- “Women in India don’t have careers. They have jobs”- Asia head of HR, Citi Bank
- “ I am very clear about my political views, I am left of centre and I will always fight the extreme right. I will, for instance never share a table with Sakshi Maharaj.” Vaijju Naravane, Head of the Media Department at my college.
- “No one should give you an award or being against the caste system or patriarchy. You should be. Its not just about your principles but how you write them.” – Aruni Kashyap, my former Critical Thinking Professor
- “US East was all gays liberalism and west was immigrants. But the mid part was black & white, didn’t have any grey areas. So I went to Europe, where there were priests dying at the hands of prostitutes”- Vaijju Naravane
- “It’s very hard to stop giving free things to people when you have been for a long time”Arvind Subramaniam, Chief Economic Advisor when he gave a talk at my college
- “I am suspicious of people who volunteer to suffer.”- Arundhati Roy
- “Find your academic home”- Howard Gardner in his book Creating minds