Arvind Swarup Pathiki

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous,
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous--
Almost, at times, the Fool
- T.S. Eliot

...of one whose subdued eyes,
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum....
- Act 5, Scene 2: Othello; William Shakespeare

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin
-Matthew 6:28

I’m a quiet living man
Who prefers to spend the evenings
In the silence of his room;
Who likes an atmosphere as restful
As an undiscovered tomb.
A pensive man am I
Of philosophic joys;
Who likes to meditate,
Contemplate,
Free from humanity’s mad, inhuman noise.
Just a quiet living man.
-My Fair Lady

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher…an idiot.
-Douglas Adams

I like rich people. I like the way they live. I like the way I live when I'm with them.
-Max from 'The Sound of Music'

When I don't make a decision, it's not that I don't think about it. I think about it and make a decision not to make a decision.
-PV Narasimha Rao

If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me.
-Bruce Springsteen

I quote others only the better to express myself
-Michel De Montaigne