Like many kids, I used to pretend all sorts of things. I would climb into a tree and imagine that I ...
MOHSIN HAMID Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
MOHSIN HAMID It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. T...
MOHSIN HAMID I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of ...
MOHSIN HAMID Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.
MOHSIN HAMID I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of t...
MOHSIN HAMID As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was 'Asterix and Obelix' and 'Tin Tin&#...
MOHSIN HAMID For people who are at the bottom economically, the world is becoming a harder and harder place. And ...
MOHSIN HAMID There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity cult...
MOHSIN HAMID I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in m...
MOHSIN HAMID I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, ...
MOHSIN HAMID Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had...
MOHSIN HAMID If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, y...
MOHSIN HAMID Being outside the candy store looking in is the state of people today. Whether you're in a Pakis...
MOHSIN HAMID I come from an enormous and very close family. I have over a dozen aunts and uncles in Pakistan, doz...
MOHSIN HAMID Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little ...
MOHSIN HAMID Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas a...
MOHSIN HAMID Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has do...
MOHSIN HAMID I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to o...
MOHSIN HAMID When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.
MOHSIN HAMID I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he...
MOHSIN HAMID I am sometimes asked to name my favourite books. The list changes, depending on my mood, the year, t...
MOHSIN HAMID I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.
MOHSIN HAMID For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I int...
MOHSIN HAMID We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humaniti...
MOHSIN HAMID I think I've always been drawn to the second person. When I was growing up and playing with my f...
MOHSIN HAMID America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can,...
MOHSIN HAMID Maximum return was the maxim to which we returned.
MOHSIN HAMID I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.
MOHSIN HAMID My earliest memories are of watching 'Star Trek' and 'MASH' while my parents barbecu...
MOHSIN HAMID Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial construc...
MOHSIN HAMID In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fict...
MOHSIN HAMID There's a reason prophets perform miracles: language lacks the power to describe faith. And you have...
MOHSIN HAMID I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a se...
MOHSIN HAMID Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: T...
MOHSIN HAMID And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it becaus...
MOHSIN HAMID And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.
MOHSIN HAMID A third layer of nativeness was composed of those whom others thought directly descended, even the t...
MOHSIN HAMID ...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.
MOHSIN HAMID Four thousand years ago, we, the people of the Indus River basin, had cities that were laid out on g...
MOHSIN HAMID You are a door to an existence she does not desire, but even if the room beyond is repugnant, that d...
MOHSIN HAMID Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.
MOHSIN HAMID What happens is my mind starts to go in circles, thinking and thinking, and then I can't sleep. And ...
MOHSIN HAMID And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.
MOHSIN HAMID I don't want to be a propagandist or say that Pakistan is just great. There are problems, but it...
MOHSIN HAMID I walk in the direction she tells me. I feel my pores opening, sweat and heat radiating out of my bo...
MOHSIN HAMID Once as Nadia sat on the steps of a building reading the news on her phone across the street from a ...
MOHSIN HAMID Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I s...
MOHSIN HAMID I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am no...
MOHSIN HAMID There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It's hard to fi...
MOHSIN HAMID Most Muslims do not 'choose' Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers,...
MOHSIN HAMID I'm not a representative of Pakistan; I'm just an example that Pakistanis are different from...
MOHSIN HAMID I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.
MOHSIN HAMID Secrets make life more interesting. You can be in a crowded room with someone and touch them without...
MOHSIN HAMID I push against the tree and run away, stumbling, the unreal night playing with me, gravity pulling f...
MOHSIN HAMID Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith ...
MOHSIN HAMID I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.
MOHSIN HAMID Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves.
MOHSIN HAMID Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. I...
MOHSIN HAMID It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential te...
MOHSIN HAMID In a world of intrusive technology, we must engage in a kind of struggle if we wish to sustain momen...
MOHSIN HAMID You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingen...
MOHSIN HAMID All their doors remained simple doors, on/off switches in the flow between two adjacent places, bina...
MOHSIN HAMID As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who atta...
MOHSIN HAMID What else is belief but direction?
MOHSIN HAMID When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.
MOHSIN HAMID Brain is the most Powerful thing that can lead you to your destination, If you know how to Control i...
MOHSIN ATTIQUE My house is opposite to the mosque and when we heard the first huge blast I ran to make sure my fath...
NABA MOHSIN My house is opposite to the mosque and when we heard the first huge blast I ran to make sure that my...
NABA MOHSIN The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book ...
HAMID KARZAI Where liberty dies, evil grows.
HAMID KARZAI As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
HAMID KARZAI If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.
HAMID KARZAI The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
HAMID KARZAI The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.
HAMID KARZAI The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones tha...
HAMID KARZAI Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for th...
HAMID KARZAI I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
HAMID KARZAI The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and internation...
HAMID KARZAI I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
HAMID KARZAI A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an eth...
HAMID KARZAI Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and exp...
HAMID KARZAI Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of c...
HAMID KARZAI I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to s...
HAMID KARZAI They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land.
HAMID KARZAI I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.
HAMID KARZAI No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.
HAMID KARZAI Life without Liberty is far worse than death.
HAMID KARZAI The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better r...
HAMID KARZAI Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
KAMRAN HAMID People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. Th...
HAMID KARZAI If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
HAMID KARZAI We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan an...
HAMID KARZAI Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over...
HAMID KARZAI But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in...
HAMID KARZAI Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achi...
HAMID KARZAI The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.
HAMID KARZAI As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
HAMID KARZAI Some preparations are now in progress to assure the smooth organization of the meeting, and 'Managem...
HAMID AWALUDDIN If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but '...
HAMID AWALUDDIN The total number of convicts at the jails across the country has reached 105,000. Hopefully, the rem...
HAMID AWALUDDIN As long as the regulations have not been revised, all prisoners will be given a sentence cut in line...
HAMID AWALUDDIN We just signed a commitment for peaceful settlement, ... We aim to end violence and to begin a new l...
HAMID AWALUDDIN The rule goes that all prisoners can get remission as long as they have displayed good behavior,
HAMID AWALUDDIN Remission is for all prisoners without looking at the type of crimes which had been carried out,
HAMID AWALUDDIN With the passing of this draft law, international cooperation in battling corruption and other trans...
HAMID AWALUDDIN There was no transparency at all in the legal process. We were unable to follow the Supreme Court's ...
USMAN HAMID We are glad and happy for what Pakistan is now doing on their territory to chase terrorists and to a...
HAMID KARZAI We want to put pressure on government in parliament and in the street.
ABDUL HAMID There's nothing here for us anymore, so we won't come back. We'll settle anywhere else in Pakistan t...
ABDUL HAMID The defendant didn't take the proper action in his jurisdiction to prevent the incidents or take int...
ABDUL HAMID Several US tanks and armored vehicles were entering the area.
AMIR HAMID Obsession is key to Mastery!
AMBAR HAMID I told them this is not your regular case. I told them I lost a high-tech toilet seat. The detective...
HAMID SHOUSHTARI [Prosecutors say the] cooperating witness ... advised the (witness) that he genuinely desired to att...
HAMID HAYAT This visit today will I'm sure further promote the brotherly links between the two countries,
HAMID KARZAI His presence there, I'm sure, will add to stability and peace in Afghanistan.
HAMID KARZAI We hope that this signature will bring to Afghanistan the stability and peace that we needed for so ...
HAMID KARZAI Close doesn't count, ... I suspect that we'll find that it is accomplished at some point in the futu...
HAMID KARZAI Without the partnership between our two nations.
HAMID KARZAI Thank you very much, Mr. President, for that.
HAMID KARZAI We have a constitution that we have today which is the most enlightened in that part of the world, ....
HAMID KARZAI It will not end this year. It will not end next year. We may have it for many years to come. So Afgh...
HAMID KARZAI The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time, ... The ...
HAMID KARZAI We cannot allow this country to be influenced by mafia and narcotics-related activities. It kills ou...
HAMID KARZAI The more we don't hear from him, the more time passes, there's the likelihood that he is probably de...
HAMID KARZAI I expected to see them standing.
HAMID KARZAI In my opinion, and also in the opinion of many, many Afghans, events in Afghanistan has proven that ...
HAMID KARZAI On this day of a new, peaceful, prosperous era for our country, I would like to wish for the best fo...
HAMID KARZAI After the 23 years of war and disaster in Afghanistan, to be known for peace is really nice and enjo...
HAMID KARZAI He excels in wheeling and dealing - I'm sure he'll manage the parliament. He is an utterly decent ma...
HAMID KARZAI I'm also here to ask you to do more for us in making the life of the Afghan people better, more stab...
HAMID KARZAI He's a very peaceful person, ... He has enormous capabilities of dialogue and enormous diplomatic sk...
HAMID KARZAI open trade and regional economic cooperation.
HAMID KARZAI They will be given to justice. They have committed a murder, and let justice decide. Let the courts ...
HAMID KARZAI We should respect the result, whatever that may be, and allow time for the joint commission to study...
HAMID KARZAI We receive reports now and then that he may be here or there, ... and if we get a detailed report ab...
HAMID KARZAI There is no doubt about what happened, and that's why we made that strict, strong decision to announ...
HAMID KARZAI We feared lots of attacks, lots of sabotage, lots of terrorist activities,
HAMID KARZAI we will tell them, 'go ahead and run this country.'
HAMID KARZAI This visit will also pave the way for the strengthening of economic activity in this region. It will...
HAMID KARZAI puppet governments ... set up to sabotage jihad.
HAMID KARZAI The people of Iran, not only in our fight against terrorism and in our jihad, they cooperated. But t...
HAMID KARZAI We, in Afghanistan, knew all along what was in there in Afghanistan -- the presence of terrorism, th...
HAMID KARZAI Whoever is found guilty of connection with terrorism, of connection with the perpetration of atrocit...
HAMID KARZAI I know that today is Friday but don't let your productivity wither because of it!
AMBAR HAMID How many times have you heard yourself saying 'Later' or 'Tomorrow'? Don't you think that its always...
AMBAR HAMID We hope that this signature will bring to Afghanistan the stability and peace that we needed for so ...
HAMID KARZAI These different forces are helping the provinces to rebuild themselves. A unified command of all the...
HAMID KARZAI Two or three times, I have received a call from the southwest indicating that Mullah Omar may be her...
HAMID KARZAI It is defeat which makes victory meaningful
HAMID BAGHA Our hearts are like polished mirrors. We need to wipe it clean regularly of the dust that gathers on...
NORHAFSAH HAMID believed that his uncle ran the (training) camp that he attended and was 75 to 80 percent certain th...
HAMID HAYAT attach importance to developing relations with all neighboring countries, including Pakistan.
HAMID KARZAI Find Me Clothes That Makes Me Feel Like I'm On A Fashion Runway And I'll Buy It!
AMBAR HAMID You need to decide for yourself whether you want to be a rare jewel or a common flower
NORHAFSAH HAMID No fugitive can run forever.
HAMID KARZAI Now that the whole trial has ended up in confusion and the verdict has satisfied no one ... the case...
USMAN HAMID Their participation in the election is a very positive step,
HAMID KARZAI has been unwilling to assert strong leadership.
HAMID KARZAI The Afghan people have done their job. Now the international community must come and provide alterna...
HAMID KARZAI in spite of the terrorism, in spite of the threats.
HAMID KARZAI more fighting in the weeks ahead.
HAMID KARZAI I would like to promise you that I will fulfill my mission to bring peace to Afghanistan,
HAMID KARZAI We should put our hands together to be brothers, to be friends, to be together -- to forget the past...
HAMID KARZAI We are in a much better situation today than we were six months ago, than we were a year ago or befo...
HAMID KARZAI We had information about last week that Mullah Omar was somewhere in western Afghanistan ... in a mo...
HAMID KARZAI Iran has never interfered in the internal affairs of Afghanistan.
HAMID KARZAI They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land.
HAMID KARZAI I must not expect everyone to act or think like I do as God has created each of us differently.
NORHAFSAH HAMID We only have one chance in this life, so don't waste it on trivial people and matters.
NORHAFSAH HAMID Do not have expectations. We humans are created imperfect, which means that we have flaws
NORHAFSAH HAMID We know if we go away and still come out victorious, like we have been, it'll put more pressure on u...
HAMID SIADAT If you're asking me now, I think we should have done a lot better. The boys have come a long way. Si...
HAMID SIADAT We lost 12 seniors last year so I didn't know where we were going with our team and how we were goin...
HAMID SIADAT It was a product, they gave it to me. In order for me to promote it, I'd show it to clients. I lost ...
HAMID SHOUSHTARI You can program it. Set temperatures of water in the morning and when you get up at 7:30, your toile...
HAMID SHOUSHTARI There is definitely a new momentum to the services negotiations.
HAMID MAMDOUH There is definitely new momentum.
HAMID MAMDOUH This has been extremely positive and exceeded our expectations. I think there is definitely new mome...
HAMID MAMDOUH He calls on all Iraqis to show unity and close ranks, to give no chance to those who want to provoke...
HAMID KHAFFAF He went before or after me. I'll say before, I don't want you to tell me (just) any name, I want you...
HAMID HAYAT You gotta show me good faith here. We're gonna try and help. You're not the big fish, you're a small...
HAMID HAYAT I think just to hurt people.
HAMID HAYAT that he understood the nature and structure of various known Pakistani terrorist groups and that he ...
HAMID HAYAT advised the (witness) that he genuinely desired to attend a camp and strongly indicated in his final...
HAMID HAYAT You're really dealing with people who are overworked, low morale, stressed out. Boy, that's not a go...
HAMID GHAFFARI The NYSE has a premium brand, one of the best known globally -- and companies that have premium bran...
HAMID BIGLARI But I ultimately wanted to go back to what I enjoy doing most, which is advising clients on a broad ...
HAMID BIGLARI These (cross-border) deals are complicated because they have social issues, regulatory issues, polit...
HAMID BIGLARI It's different from the old days in some sense. In the new model that at least we are building, it i...
HAMID BIGLARI We were hoping that the Europeans would denounce Israeli atrocities against our people. Unfortunatel...
GHAZI HAMID He learned to be more patient and more pragmatic and more open-minded.
GHAZI HAMID Women are like sparkling diamonds, if you let too many hands touch it, not only will it get dirty wi...
NORHAFSAH HAMID One of the keys to achieving understanding is humility.
NORHAFSAH HAMID Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan nee...
HAMID KARZAI The girls are excited to play, and on any given day, anything can happen. The girls have a goal set ...
OSAMA HAMID Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holdi...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The f...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and be...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI