Calcutta Quotes

30 quotes by 20 authors

A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from other husbands... A saint is… — Peter Kreeft
Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You… — Bharati Mukherjee
It was strange to stand there in front of the mirror and see myself like I was my own best friend, a kid wanted to… — Russell Banks
In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in… — Tom Paxton
Here is the full list of the banned words I used: active homosexual; career women; Third World; blacks; Asians; Australasia; Bangalore; primitive African tribes; crippled;… — Rod Liddle
You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. — Mother Teresa
Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are in your own homes and in your own… — Mother Teresa
I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring… — Swami Vivekananda
See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty talks! While the… — Swami Vivekananda
I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like… — Woody Allen
Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or 4Â°C. There will… — Nicholas Stern
Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would… — Tahir Shah
Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are. — Mother Teresa
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned… — Tahir Shah
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa
Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a… — Bharati Mukherjee
You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that… — Bharati Mukherjee
Calcutta is like another world. People there are very special and grateful. — Penelope Cruz
I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine… — Taslima Nasrin

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