130 Quotes by Amartya Sen

ما يمكن أن يقال على أي حال يمكن قوله بوضوح؛ وما لا يستطيع المرء قوله، عليه أن يسكت عنه.

أن يكون المرء أذكى قد يساعده ذلك على فهم ليس فقط مصلحته الشخصية، بل كيف يمكن أن تتأثر حيوات الآخرين تأثراً شديداً بأفعاله.

The educational excellence of Presidency College was captivating. My interest in economics was amply rewarded by quite outstanding teaching.

People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.

It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.

I have not had any serious non-academic job.

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.