Arundhati Roy Quotes

When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern is that the daily barrage of proposals and political statements is making markets and consumers even more nervous. Still, Brussels is pressing for a joint European approach.

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system?

The idea of privatization is nutty .... What do you think has been the predominant system here for the past century. How do they think we got into this mess to begin with. There is nothing more inefficient and corrupt in Honduras than private enterprise.

Watching the economies in various parts of the world, I believe that there is scope for improvement everywhere. There is some corruption and inefficiency everywhere.

The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

Popular dissatisfaction seems to occur only when the shopping or the commercials are interrupted. In such an atmosphere, is there any reason to imagine that saturation shopping could be a source of instability to the U.S. world position?

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

No system in the world is so well-designed that it can't grow stale, rigid, or corrupted by those who benefit most from it.

The monetary policies of the US will destroy the world.

There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are a few ways to ensure this stops: If there are no customers, there will be no trade.

Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.

There is a polarizing and dualistic experience occurring politically and economically in the world, and I believe we are near the peak of a cyclical and truly chaotic time.

Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.

My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love.

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect on the world.

And what is the right woman, the right man? Someone who wants to go in the same direction as you do, someone who is compatible with your views and your values-- emotionally, physically, economically, spiritually.

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me.

The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity.

The way I've been able to embrace fame is by realizing that celebrity is just a means to send whatever message you want out into the world.

This is a very noisy world, so we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

I want the world to see, you can have a million stones thrown at you and you can still be positive.

The decision-making process in the White House does not let most issues get up to the President. The Council thought opening up global markets to derivatives that would destabilize other countries wasn't likely to create a lot of jobs in the U.S. and might adversely affect U.S. interests by causing global economic instability.

I wanted to be born at the farthest limit of the world. I'll explore it, I said to myself, biting big chunks from it. And when I want, I'll go straight to the core. This is the way of the world I thought in my innocence, round and around the layers of peel until the taste becomes certain.