I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting.

I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

The more we sweat, the less we bleed.

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

Freedom is not for the timid.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

One can argue that in the context of history a few years do not matter. But we live in an age in which every moment counts heavily and the price of delay is human lives.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.

As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have...

'Healing, ' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.

Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.

I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain that the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.

Whether it's a street poster on a brick wall, a magazine cover on a newsstand, or animation on a movie screen - art is an effective means of communicating with large numbers of people.

Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager.