Hoshang N Akhtar Famous Quotes



"An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction"

Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."


Hoshang N Akhtar Quotations






More Famous Quotes


"If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
Albert Einstein

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse."
Thomas Szasz

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Edgar Watson Howe

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
Henry Miller

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
Ren G Torres

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
Sir Winston Churchill

"He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding."
Proverbs 1532 Bible

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
E V Lucas

"Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny."
Quentin Crisp

"Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
Nathaniel Hawthorne