Rishabh Dubey > Rishabh's Quotes

“Life is a nefarious hoax cloaking sanity with the delinquent want and the reticent need. The reality is evanescent in the holographic light of success.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“They always question the righteous. Never do the evil fall prey to them. For the righteous, the questions form a mystery. But for the evil, the questions are endless and ignorable. They question ‘death’ when they have a life. Because death always trails afterlife? No. They want to know if ‘Life Trails after death’. And this deviating demographic demeanour defending the devilish deft of the department defusing into a dune of demonic dilettante of diplomats deduced and derived from a draft of the disreputable, the denounced and the damned, demands direst disregard by the delusional, defamed, demeaned, deluded, degraded, deformed, derided, disdained and decreasing defendants.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“Parsecs to Go before I blink.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“There is no end for there was no beginning, The end brought by change. This is eternal Stillness. Hidden in the ‘was’, the ‘is’ and the ‘will be’, The one without an end, without a change, The majesty of Stillness, Forever shall it reign.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“Greatness is a quality that can be bestowed upon the ‘great’ only by others.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“If we are to merely please and be afraid of Gods… what different are those Gods from these demons… who seek only pleasure and fear? - The Young Prince (DEV)”
― Rishabh Dubey, DEV

“History has reflected human insecurities around other species.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“History has never had copyrights. Thus, it is in the habit of repeating itself.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“Light blinds, and only in darkness can you see the faintest of light.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“When the world is turbulent all that one sees is war. When the world is at peace, all that one seeks is war. War is the unit of history. We remember history in terms of war and war alone.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“I know now after travelling Lonely, Sleepless miles- A day’s worth of laughter, Can bring a life worth of Smiles.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Idiosyncrasies of Life: An Anthology of Poems, Songs & Stories

“The Indian daughter is the most ignored and formally accepted prisoner in the world. They are convicts by gender.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Idiosyncrasies of Life: An Anthology of Poems, Songs & Stories

“It is known to the world, the deft of Indian Cautiousness. One of the few places on Earth where we have to oscillate our necks up, down, left and right before crossing a road.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Idiosyncrasies of Life: An Anthology of Poems, Songs & Stories

“The universal catalyst of the inadvertently patriarchal society is the universal Sharmaji Ka Ladka, who tops his IAS interviews, marries a housewife Miss. India and gives birth to Abraham Khan whose dancing is only amusing for the neighbours till he is 10 and after that, it becomes an academic distraction.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Idiosyncrasies of Life: An Anthology of Poems, Songs & Stories

“To defeat a demon in its sleep is just exploiting an opportunity. This is not a war of power. This is a war of honour… and it shall be fought with it. So, I have decided… if there’s a first soldier to step on the battlefield tomorrow… if there’s the first warrior to slay an enemy… the first braveheart to be wounded… or the first to be martyred in battle tomorrow… that soldier would have fought with honour… and that soldier would be me. - The God Prince (DEV)”
― Rishabh Dubey, DEV

“Space has Galaxies and Planets which generally aren’t a rock’s throw distance from each other. Technically, they can be… considering everything in space is a rock to begin with.”
― Rishabh Dubey, DEV

“I just happened to be at the right place at the right time… or the wrong… I don’t know… But it’s a skill I’m getting used to by now. -Dr. Matlee (DEV)”
― Rishabh Dubey, DEV

“The Earth is small but the World is Large. Strangely, it becomes larger as we close our eyes.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“God works in very simple ways. But simplicity sometimes is rather too less of an answer to us…”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“Optimism is completely about hope. Whilst pessimism is about quitting before trial. A thirsty optimist would drink the glass hoping it would keep him alive. The thirsty pessimist would panic about the small amount of water he is left with… would nevertheless drink it… but the lack of hope would eventually kill him.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“Tragedies change a person… for the better or worse. But overseeing your tragedies to realize the tragedies of the world… well it mutates the person. Evolves him into a singular, majestic and somewhat absurd being… Absurd, because the tendency to look beyond your own horizon makes you deliver …than expect. You don’t find the time to find your own problems leave it be battle them. The darkness of the world becomes yours to reckon with. This is not a reversible change. Once initiated… there is no looking behind.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“1) A man alone is a Sceptic… Put him in a group and he becomes Gullible.
2) Poverty is power. If the poor are with you… never let them go… and never let them be rich.
3) If you see a shoe shinier than yours… then lick it. This will bring more shine to your own shoe.
These three may very well be called the three laws of Indian Politics.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“Take away everything from a man and it leaves just his identity… the place where he belongs. And man is very possessive about this identity.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“The Impossible of Yesterday is the Science of Today.”
― Rishabh Dubey, The Mangoman

“Sometimes in pursuit of the Gods... we fail to acknowledge the Angels amongst us...”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“It is better to be 'afraid'... than waste your time on small enemies.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“Insanity lives in our hearts. But those insane have a brain similar to their hearts.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“No matter how close you are to a drowning creature, if you do not know how to swim, you wouldn’t risk your life for him.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon

“When the human mind is desperate, it can create and destroy wonders.”
― Rishabh Dubey

“When the world is turbulent, all that one sees is War. When the world is peaceful, all that one seeks is War. War is the Unit of History. We remember history in terms of War... and War alone.”
― Rishabh Dubey, Krikos: The Vertical Horizon