--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Amartya Sen" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Amartya Sen. Plus more from Amartya Sen and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/amartya-sen-2518_education_if-jobs-are-important-education-is-impor_268630.png" --- > [If jobs are important, education is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-jobs-are-important-education-is-important/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/amartya-sen-2518_education_if-jobs-are-important-education-is-impor_268630.png) > [I was told Indian women don't think like that about equality. But I would like to argue that if they don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-was-told-indian-women-don-t-think-like-that-about-equality-but-i/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/amartya-sen-2518_arguing_i-was-told-indian-women-don-t-think-like_1184087.png) > [There’s a clear and strong connection between fertility reduction and women’s literacy and empowerment, including women’s gainful employment. If you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/there-s-a-clear-and-strong-connection-between-fertility-reduction-and/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/amartya-sen-2518_clear_there-s-a-clear-and-strong-connection-be_733665.jpg) > [If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-the-knowledge-of-torture-of-others-makes-you-sick-it-is-a-case-of/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/amartya-sen-2518_action_if-the-knowledge-of-torture-of-others-ma_1620404.png) > [Poverty is a big barrier if you are at the bottom layer of society, don't know where the next meal is coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/poverty-is-a-big-barrier-if-you-are-at-the-bottom-layer-of-society/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/amartya-sen-2518_barriers_poverty-is-a-big-barrier-if-you-are-at-t_1931177.png) > [If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You can’t win many elections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-the-government-is-vulnerable-to-public-opinion-then-famines-are-a/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/amartya-sen-2518_bad-thing_if-the-government-is-vulnerable-to-publi_1146937.png) > [ Women's education has a much greater impact \[on\], for example, fertility. Men's education, if our studies are correct, ha\[s\] almost no impact… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/women-s-education-has-a-much-greater-impact-on-for-example-fertility/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/amartya-sen-2518_children_women-s-education-has-a-much-greater-imp_1521281.png) > [The higher education has always appealed to the South Asian social leaders across all the countries in South Asia. But primary education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/the-higher-education-has-always-appealed-to-the-south-asian-social/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/amartya-sen-2518_areas_the-higher-education-has-always-appealed_2649252.jpg) > [ If you're dealing with grappling \[with\] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-you-re-dealing-with-grappling-with-problems-of-feeding-people-the/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/amartya-sen-2518_bigger_if-you-re-dealing-with-grappling-with-pr_419650.png) > [Your voice is much more articulate and people listen to you if you've been to school. In family decisions, not surprisingly, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/your-voice-is-much-more-articulate-and-people-listen-to-you-if-you-ve/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/amartya-sen-2518_decision_your-voice-is-much-more-articulate-and-p_2498302.png) > [Every time you have an opportunity of opening a school, its fee and funding is really relatively small in comparison with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/every-time-you-have-an-opportunity-of-opening-a-school-its-fee-and/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/amartya-sen-2518_bigs_every-time-you-have-an-opportunity-of-op_3010849.jpg) > [Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/any-classification-according-to-a-singular-identity-polarizes-people/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/amartya-sen-2518_brotherhood_any-classification-according-to-a-singul_2357910.jpg) > [Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-are-it-has-major-impacts-on/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-a_3202287.jpg) > [ \[The\] USA has been immensely successful in making the determination to deal with terrorism \[as\] a factor in the global world and,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/the-usa-has-been-immensely-successful-in-making-the-determination-to/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/amartya-sen-2518_deals_the-usa-has-been-immensely-successful-in_2642045.jpg) > [I think the whole progress over the last two or three millennia has been entirely dependent on ideas and techniques and commodities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-think-the-whole-progress-over-the-last-two-or-three-millennia-has/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/amartya-sen-2518_commodity_i-think-the-whole-progress-over-the-last_83998.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Amartya Sen > [Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/capability-is-just-a-concept-of-what-is-it-we-re-looking-at-now-how/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/human-life-consists-of-doing-certain-things-to-take-part-in-the-life/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/where-the-mind-is-without-fear-and-the-head-is-held-high-where/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/violence-is-fomented-by-the-imposition-of-singular-and-belligerent/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [I think the whole progress over the last two or three millennia has been entirely dependent on ideas and techniques and commodities and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-think-the-whole-progress-over-the-last-two-or-three-millennia-has/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/no-famine-has-ever-taken-place-in-the-history-of-the-world-in-a/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/to-say-that-certainly-america-was-very-lucky-to-get-a-large-amount-of/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/the-lack-of-economic-freedom-could-be-a-very-major-reason-for-loss-of/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [We need to ask the moral questions: Do I have a right to be rich? And do I have a right to be content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/we-need-to-ask-the-moral-questions-do-i-have-a-right-to-be-rich-and/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [“He wrote extensively on how schools should be made more attractive to boys and girls and thus more productive. His own co-educational school at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/he-wrote-extensively-on-how-schools-should-be-made-more-attractive-to/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [One has to be realistic. One’s concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/one-has-to-be-realistic-one-s-concern-for-equity-and-justice-in-the/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/while-i-am-interested-both-in-economics-and-in-philosophy-the-union/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-was-born-in-a-university-campus-and-seem-to-have-lived-all-my-life/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [If jobs are important, education is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-jobs-are-important-education-is-important/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Thailand's economic development was driven by educational expansion. That has been a very dramatic factor, and South Asia had been pretty miserable in not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/thailand-s-economic-development-was-driven-by-educational-expansion/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/amartya-sen/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Amartya Sen", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If jobs are important, education is important.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amartya Sen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-jobs-are-important-education-is-important/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/amartya-sen-2518_education_if-jobs-are-important-education-is-impor_268630.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/amartya-sen-2518_education_if-jobs-are-important-education-is-impor_268630.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/amartya-sen-2518_education_if-jobs-are-important-education-is-impor_268630.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If jobs are important, education is important.” — Amartya Sen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was told Indian women don't think like that about equality. 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Schooled girls make a bigger impact on that than any other factor - not these various regulations [such as] you have to have one child or that. 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