From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.
The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.
No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it.
A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.
When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.
Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beautiful and magical. Even things that other people thought were horrifying and disgusting and weird.
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
Disinformation is more than just lying: it's the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of the world.
We live in a world where all wars will begin as cyber wars... It's the combination of hacking and massive, well-coordinated disinformation campaigns.
It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence.
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.
You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't let it ruin your life. I'm actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don't, really. It's not like I'm trying to exorcise any demons.
I'm not disinterested in the rest of the world, but studies show the rest of the world is really freaking far away.
Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
