Top 991 Quotes & Sayings by Pakistani Authors - Page 3
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I almost felt like I knew London before the first time I went there.
Terrorism and the fight against extremism is our fight.
With the birth of social media, a film gets left behind if the actors don't go and present their film and energy to the public.
The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
When I first arrived in Houston, I was fascinated with the elaborate styles of cowboy boots and thought they were incredibly exotic. They also seemed to be a central part of a specifically 'Texan' identity, one distinct from being 'American.'
The Army is into every business in this country. Except hairdressing.
Before becoming a father, I wanted to be No.1, but now I feel that there is no such thing. I just want to do my job and entertain as long as I can, because that's the best way to win people over.
Insecure people don't stage comebacks, since they don't leave the scene.
When I started learning the violin, my choir teacher thought I could sing. But when I first got on stage, I froze!
I was a very bad student... I was ahead in many things, but when the time came to study, I just made a face and used to feel bad that I had to study.
I cannot judge a country. I fall in love with the people and the place each time I visit a new place.
You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed - that has nothing to do with the business of the State.
I keep learning from my mistakes and take advice from my seniors Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq because I want to be better and better in Test cricket.
I am not obsessed with social media fame, but I do think that it's a great tool by which I can stay in touch with my fans.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
We often judge people by their cars and the money they have... Sometimes worth is decided based on outer appearances and that's sad.
Migration isn't a one-directional process; it's a colossal process that has been happening in all directions for thousands of years.
You hire a chief executive, pay him, and hold him accountable after a year or two. The time for so-called honorary jobs is over. What Pakistan squash needs is results, and that can only be achieved by professionals.
I started a podcast about 'X-Files' and ended up on it. Then I started a podcast about video games, and I'm in the new 'Mass Effect' game. I have to pick the stuff I love and do a podcast on it.
I can say with some confidence that President Zardari's legacy will be written in golden words. I don't say this as his son, or patron-and-chief of the Pakistan People's Party - but as a student of history.
Mental health, although being talked about more and more nowadays, is still extremely misunderstood and stigmatized, especially in Pakistan, where people think ignoring or hiding the issue will make it go away.
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.
When I get out, I get annoyed with myself.
I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.
India uses Bollywood, rather cinema, to tell its stories. It is one of the largest filmmaking nations in the world and so your talents get to tell stories about politics, love and drama through films.
We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.
An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under consideration. Sanctions, as we know from the example of Iraq, always affect the least powerful citizens the most.
We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.
For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive.
I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.
If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
I am like a child when it comes to gizmos and gadgets.
Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government.
I do not pay any heed to the negative thoughts, I just go with the plan my team gives me.
It happens to people. People ruin things they love! I'm sure the guy who played Jar Jar Binks loved 'Star Wars.'
I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socialists formed by the Russian revolution and the Second World War, a generation that dominated left-wing politics for almost a century.
I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever.
Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.
I was very keen on squash. My father used to go to sleep in the afternoon. Normally, in Pakistan, everybody goes to sleep in the afternoon, because it's really hot. I'd go and play without telling anybody.
The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way to the ceremony and had to turn my car around and catch the first flight back to Karachi.
I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.
We were able and we had a plan to launch nuclear test in 1984, but then President General Zia had opposed the move.
I like stability in a man, honesty, and security about who you are and what you think of yourself.
I've seen the effect some of my shows have had, and so I like characters that can be role models for young girls, roles that can help to change people's perspective.
The sacrifices in the war against terrorism reflect complete and strong determination of Pakistan against terrorism.
I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at.
Throwing money on the fire is normally not the solution to every problem. You put the fire out by listening to the people who are smarter than you are.
I come from a village, Changa Bangyaal. It is a very beautiful village. I am from a poor family. Right from the beginning, I always had a great deal of love for cricket.
While criticising, one must not abuse.
I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I'm doing something that everybody else is doing.
When lab safety procedures aren't followed, people can get hurt or worse. Lab equipment and chemicals that are improperly handled can result in personal injury and even death.
Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.
My individual role is to take the innings as deep as I can and perform in a way that benefits the team most.
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.
In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
Multiple characters' opinions on societal roles, as well as their perceptions of themselves and others, help me lose myself in whatever strange and wonderful setting I'm reading about.
