I’m past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.

When you’re pushed, killing is as easy as breathing.

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Yes, gay marriage is about symbolically blessing a relationship, but the larger issue is about transmitting a fundamental message about equality. Gay people should have equality in law everywhere.

The sixth Harry Potter film – I don’t like my performance in that film at all.

There’s a lot of work that needs to be done, and there’s a difference between talking the talk and walking the walk.

A friend often says I’m an old man in a young man’s husk. I like that. I am old-fashioned in some ways.

Personally, I prefer the dark side.

Don’t try too hard to be something you’re not.

Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the ability to move forward despite it.

I am a foodie, but my antennas are always up regarding the healthy and nutritional values of food.

It’s not about being perfect; it’s about being real.

Your attitude determines your altitude; stay positive and believe in your abilities.

Resilience is the key to success; never give up, even when the odds are against you.

The best way to approach a game is to play with intensity, to play with enthusiasm, and to play with belief in your abilities.

I’m always chasing something new.

Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.

Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.

In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

I don’t like to be called a legend. I think that’s overrated.

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.

Resilience in cricket is the ability to bounce back after failures.

I think the word respect is underrated.

The most important thing a leader can do is listen.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?

We are all searching for something, but often we don’t know what it is.

One must look for one thing only, to find many.

You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities.

The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.

If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be ‘Grand Illusion.

I don’t like television when it gets near to photographed plays.

My bat speaks the language of runs, loud and clear.

My shot selection has to be good to score big runs.

Sehwag is Sehwag. I have my own style of playing and I have never tried to copy anyone else.

I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected.

I don’t care about revenues.

Your customer is the teacher. The competitor is the research center.

A good boss is better than a good company.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

My favorite song? ‘Amazing Grace.’ Anybody singing it. But the best it’ll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It’ll bring tears to your eyes.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you are not.

Every day is new. It’s just a new day. I look at six hours at a time.

Sourav’s greatest asset is his ability to communicate. He is a naturally very confident person. He encourages his team, is a great motivator and a born captain. He is not the media’s blue eyed boy because he is a very straightforward person, who never minces his words, instead he talks in a no nonsense manner to the press. He shares an extremely healthy rapport with his teammates. His leadership skills are also vouched for by the youngsters in the team. He has phenomenal brand value. He’s the new-age Indian, an aggressive go-getter, full of self-belief, determination.

I have always believed in my abilities, and I think that is something that has helped me achieve success in the game.

A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.

We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.

The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.

I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.

People may doubt your abilities, but never doubt your own worth.

Every run scored against Pakistan is worth its weight in gold.

Scoring a century in a World Cup final, that’s the stuff dreams are made of.

Every headline is a mini-mystery.

If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother – and the public.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

I don’t have to be working on an album to record a song.

Strength comes from within. We all have the ability to tap into our inner power and overcome any obstacle.

My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn’t be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

Anything that’s not positive, I don’t have the energy to focus on it. Anything that’s not going in the right direction, I don’t have the time or the energy.

I am who I am, you can’t change me.

I believe in the power of love, forgiveness, and redemption. We all have the ability to change and grow.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

Whether I am performing for an elite crowd or a crowd of 20,000 people – the moment someone asks for ‘Agneepath,’ and I respond ‘Agneepath’ chahiye?’ the noise in the crowd, shows that this song has become huge.

I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. Im into astronomy and love to learn about new facts.

My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.

When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing my favourite singer’s songs. Then ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ happened. It gave me a good break.

Love is trembling happiness.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

Implores the passing tribute of a sigh.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Where else but in Texas would men set up to administer space?

My job as a filmmaker is to create a world that’s believable enough for the audience to get lost in.

Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film.

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.

I am thankful to all those who said no. It’s because of them, I did it myself.