The fight is not against the hill; it’s against your self.
Edmund Hillary
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All but the brave are brave in a…
All, but the brave, are brave in a mob.
Adi
There are known knowns there are things we…
There are known knowns; there are things we know. We also know there are known unknowns: that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.
Donald H Rumsfeld
If everyone agrees to your plans without a…
If everyone agrees to your plans without a hitch, get ready for failure. They didn’t take you seriously enough to merit disagreement.
Adi
I don’t know if you were drunk or…
I don’t know if you were drunk… or not drunk. That was inspiring
Mad Men S01E01
Let it be history. Don’t make it your d…
Let it be history. Don’t make it your destiny.
Adi, on ‘historic disputes/issues’
Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa…
Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa zaalim
Kaheen aisa na ho yahan bhi wahi kaafir sanam nikle
Mirza Ghalib
So critical to relationships, so hard to…
So critical to relationships, so hard to create, so easy to lose. Yet, we play around.
Adi
Be wary if they put you on a pedestal, i…
Be wary if they put you on a pedestal, it only brings your neck closer to the noose.
Adi
‘Oh, come on, at your age the glass is …
‘Oh, come on, at your age the glass is half full.’
‘No, it’s at your stage that the glass is half full. At my age we don’t want half a glass, full or empty. In fact we don’t want a glass, end of. We want a tankard and we want it overflowing. We are the have-everything generation, remember.’
‘No, we’re the have-everything generation.’
‘Well we’re the pissed generation then.’
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson