Quotes

quotes from real life which have stuck to my mind

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

    -  My fortune cookie on Orkut.

"You are unhappy because you view your failures with a microscope and successes with a telescope."

    -  I, to Ymkje, giving friendly advice.

"I started out being alone and ended up being lonely."

    -  I, thinking about the time since I left home (1999-2008).

"When you live in a place long enough, you become that place."

    -  Harshivl, talking about life.

"Indians don't play hard because they are just too busy pretending that they work hard"

    - Chaitanya, commenting about the difference between student life in India and in the US.

"It is better to be poor than be a bastard"

    - I, chatting with my car mechanic Glen.

"Where talent ends, politics begin"

    - I, reflecting upon my experience at SAP Labs India.

"How can you love what you are, unless you hate what you are not ?"

    - I, don't remember the source

" Spending money on someone you like is an investment "

    -  said to Bijen during our discussion on friendship and love.

" There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies in corporate culture, everybody needs everybody else "

    - Suneet to me during our discussion on work ethics.

" A is A. If you don't like it, it doesn't become B "

    - to my manager Dilip .

" Suffering is circumstantial ... either it ends or we die "

    - Hrishikesh on moving to Salarpuria

' Girl : " Do you think I am shallow ? "  ... Boy : " No, I think you are just emotionally disconnected " '

    - Dialogue in a video about a boy would revenges his girlfriend for being unfaithful.

" Stooping down to think at your level gives me a backache "

    - I , joking with Hrishikesh.

" There are only 2 choices in life : take it or leave it "

    - Hrishikesh , as a status line on messenger.

" To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment . "

    - Hrishikesh, on a dreary Monday Morning.

" Unhappiness = Want - Fulfillment, therefore condition for perfect happiness : Want = Fulfillment . "

    - I to Ashwini

"It doesn't matter if you work good, but that it should appear that you work good."

    - Suneet , citing his inspiration

"Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is not"

    - Pradyot to me, when telling why he doesn't respect age.