1. Top Famous Quotes
    2. /
  2. Amartya Sen Quotes

Top Amartya Sen Quotes

Browse top 21 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by Amartya Sen.

Favorite Amartya Sen Quotes

1. "The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant ‘identity' (‘this is your duty as an American', ‘you must commit these acts as a Muslim', or ‘as a Chinese you should give priority to this national engagement') is not only an imposition of an external and arbitrary priority, but also the denial of an important liberty of a person who can decide on their respective loyalties to different groups (to all of which he or she belongs)." ~ Amartya Sen
2. "the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute" ~ Amartya Sen
3. "A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive." ~ Amartya Sen
4. "Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties and independent newspapers, cannot help but make such an effort. Not surprisingly, while India continued to have famines under British rule right up to independence … they disappeared suddenly with the establishment of a multiparty democracy and a free press. … a free press and an active political opposition constitute the best early-warning system a country threaten by famines can have" ~ Amartya Sen
5. "I have not had any serious non-academic job." ~ Amartya Sen
6. "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." ~ Amartya Sen
7. "While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection." ~ Amartya Sen
8. "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." ~ Amartya Sen
9. "But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years." ~ Amartya Sen
10. "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." ~ Amartya Sen
11. "From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines." ~ Amartya Sen
12. "If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient." ~ Amartya Sen
13. "Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot." ~ Amartya Sen
14. "Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy." ~ Amartya Sen
15. "To conclude this discussion, assessment of justice demands engagement with the 'eyes of mankind',first, because we may variously identify with the others elsewhere and not just with our local community;second, because our choices and actions may affect the lives of others far as well as near;and third,because what they see from their respective perspective of history and geography may help us to overcome our own parochialism." ~ Amartya Sen
16. "Kita akan sanggup mengubah suatu kebudayaan dengan cara memberikan para perempuan anak bangsa alat yang tepat untuk tumbuh terdidik agar mereka dapat menolong diri sendiri. (Amartya Sen)" ~ Amartya Sen
17. "Nilai Kemanusiaan kita ditantang secara kasar manakala keragaman di antara kita dipampatkan secara semena-mena ke dalam satu sistem kategorisasi tunggal yang semena-mena" ~ Amartya Sen
18. "The World Bank has not invariably been my favorite organization. The power to do good goes almost always with the possibility to do the opposite, and as a professional economist, I have had occasions in the past to wonder whther the Bank could not have done very much better." ~ Amartya Sen
19. "I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970." ~ Amartya Sen
20. "I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another." ~ Amartya Sen
21. "The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active." ~ Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen Quotes Pictures

Amartya Sen Quotes
Amartya Sen Quotes
Amartya Sen Quotes

Today's Quote

Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."
Author: Christopher Columbus

What Did Amartya Sen Talk About?

Lit
Act
End
Per
Tie
Wit
Con
Sit
Era
Choice
Ear
Here
Ten
India
Unity
Use
Rate
Bang
Far
Sing
Sin
Ally

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Copyright © 2023 Top Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved. | New Quotes | Topic List | Author List | Privacy Policy | About Us | Contact Us |