"Human beings understand themselves and shape their futures……" — Salman Rushdie
"Human beings understand themselves and shape their futures by arguing and challenging and questioning and saying the un-sayable, not by bowing the knee whether to gods or to men."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
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More Arguing Quotes
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one of 1,035 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
— Richard Bach
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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally…
— Scott Adams
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It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
— Pierre Beaumarchais
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The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you…
— Bono
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Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help.
— Elayne Boosler
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I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my…
— Sandra Bullock
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I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people…
— Sandra Bullock
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The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right…
— Madeleine Albright
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and…
— Barbara Bush
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Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think…
— Vince Cable
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Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.
— Paula Abdul
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