“If speaking the truth or expressing our opinion in public interest is treated to be a breach of privilege by parliament or its members, then I think the time has come to re-examine as to what constitutes parliamentary privilege.”
Prashant Bhushan
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Nothing is gained by dithering.
“The need of the day is for all of us to realise that nothing is gained by dithering. Nothing is gained by postponing decisions. You have to take decisions quickly, no matter that they appear unpalatable in the short term”.
Infosys founder and chairman N R Narayana Murthy
Take care to get what you like
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. – George Bernard Shaw
Note: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright. (Information sourced from wikipedia )
cease to inquire the future;take today’s things as a gift.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. – Horace
Note: Quintus Horatius Flaccus known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus ( Information on Horace sourced from wikipedia )
friend and acquaintance
“Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren’t bad people; they’re just acquaintances. “ — Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir “Jay” Leno (born April 28, 1950)is an American stand-up comedian and television host ( source wikipedia).
some live to eat;others struggle to eat enough to be able to live
“The gap between the rich and poor is increasing. Some are living to eat, while others are struggling to eat enough to be able to live.” – Anna Hazare
Source: ZeeNews
knowledge
“Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it”.
winning is the thing, but not the only thing.
“Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I’m doing” – Phil Jackson
[Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born 1945) is a former American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ]
computer
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.” – Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris (1917– 1986) was an American journalist and columnist
voyage of discovery
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes”. – Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) was a French novelist, critic and essayist.
