So they say

"Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops, like bishops, and your religious act like religious.”

"For someone like me who
comes from outside, it is only strength of character that keeps you here. When the world is busy writing your obituary, you’ve got
to have that to keep going.”

"This new anti-corruption party (in India) is a breath of fresh air. I know they’re not going to win the election. But I hope they win enough votes to influence the winner to clean up their houses. I hope
whoever the next prime minister
is will not turn a blind eye to
what’s going on around him.”

"We started exporting Lakmé
products to Moscow and Milan, where I could attend concerts. Once a senior director on the
board told me, ‘I have noticed
you export goods to all those
places where there are
nice opera houses.’”

"Parsi theatre is virtually extinct.”

"Art over a period of time is
going to get functional. It will
not just be on your walls. It’s going to be on the sofa you’re sitting on. It’s going to be a lot more part of
your life and your home and
objects. Installation art has taken that step in that direction.”

"Youngsters weren’t really
excited about documentaries,
and still consider (them) to be
boring and very serious.”

"The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom
should be tempered and
controlled, and the assistance
to foreign lands should be
curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again
learn to work instead of living
on public assistance.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman
philosopher, 106-43 B.C. contributed
by blogger Dara Acidwalla