Smriti Irani Quotes

I am lucky to be part of a ‘Kyunki.’ Not every actor gets a chance to be part of a successful television show.

The country‘s future is what you will make it. Make your local representatives in parliament and assembly more answerable. Ask for more transparency in use of public funds.

If you teach a girl, you are not just imparting education to a woman but to a family that will later help in nation building.

I am not defined by somebody‘s comments or an article or somebody’s angst about me or their anxiety about me or what is being said about me on social media.

I can’t speak for the rest, but I think the little India all of us carry in our hearts should be good enough for us individually to take a step to help ensure that same freedom and justice that our constitution guarantees is given to all.

Life is so unpredictable.

I have no qualms about very emphatically declaring that I love my country. There is nothing regressive about it. There is nothing saffron about it.

Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can’t change mindsets and hearts.

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

I do see the ministry of Human Resources Development through the prism of gender. I see it through the prism of capabilities.

I think one of the biggest myths is that education cannot flourish with regulation. Another myth is that wherever the state sponsors education, it doesn’t flourish.

It is a tragedy when you pay to make a public broadcaster survive.

The country needs fiscal discipline to build a strong economy and for social justice.

I am a living example of Modi’s capacity to recognise talent and to reason.

The unfortunate part of being an actor-politician is that people feel an actor will not take her political commitments seriously.

I think, as a working mother, what is more challenging for me is that I get to balance both work and home and prioritise my kid‘s life.

I am so busy with my family and my serials I don’t get time to watch other serials.

Infrastructure development is a huge challenge for the people of Amethi.

In India, I don’t think any woman here is dictated what to wear, how to wear, whom to meet, when to meet… I am of the opinion, I don’t think anybody is dictated here; you are not told.

Our country has a capacity to cater to huge demands, both domestic and overseas.

Let me very proudly say that as a television actor, I never, ever saw any gender bias.

No character in a soap is indispensable.

Change can’t be a compulsion. It has to happen organically.

If somebody flouts laws unconstitutionally, they will not get support from the BJP.

Industry people do know when a PR movement plays out. The issue is that it is an insult to our intelligence when those who are doing the PR thing presume that we are not wiser.

I like ‘The Apprentice.’ I think it’s a cool show to watch.

Nobody asks a working man who looks after his children; it’s always the woman who is asked.

I was born in New Delhi in 1976.

One should not encourage division on the basis of religion, region, caste, or creed if one wants India to truly rise as one of the greatest nations of the world.

Everyone should work within the ambit of law.

Visva-Bharati has a glorious legacy.

I think that Congress and its affiliates and journalists who support them have made trolling quite a sophisticated measure of intervention.

I never used gender as my crutch. Many women don’t use gender as a crutch.

In a democratic country like India, eulogising Rahul Gandhi with the title of Yuvraj is an insult to democracy.

I love books.

Enhancing fabric production will also lead to strengthening the power loom sector.

I have an ideological umbilical cord with the BJP… we are three-generation party supporters… my grandfather was a swayamsevak, my mother, a BJP booth activist.

Even if Narendra Modi sneezes, people will find a reason to criticise him for that.

I think governance is about giving people an opportunity to engage with you on subjects that you are responsible for, believing in people’s capacity to deliver, and allowing them that platform plus project their work.

Help me build the nation, not destroy it from within.

To an actor, what is most satisfying is that you perform your role as naturally and that people enjoy it, and more importantly, you enjoy it.

Unlike the Congress, our party believes in democracy and takes a collective decision.

To say a democracy prospers only if one set of voices is heard would be untrue.

If you can’t take the heat, don’t be on that street… I get abused every day, and I don’t cry on anybody’s shoulder. I don’t play the victim card. I get abused, threatened – not only on Twitter but off it, also.

As long as Reality TV doesn’t get boring, it’s good.

No one can stop me from living my life the way I want to.

I have a legacy which I carry from my media career. That is why you will find that everybody will have an opinion about me.

I think when somebody wants to work diligently, when somebody wants to take away the cobwebs and see where attention is needed, to fix things, there is obviously going to be a backlash from those who have, for years, gained from status quo.

I was the sports captain in school. I’ve done everything – from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

I feel very strongly about my country and stronger still about people who abuse my country.

I was going through a very bad phase when ‘Kyunki… Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi… ‘ happened. I was just not getting any work.

People understand when you talk to them person to person, at an equal level. I tell them what I can do and what I cannot, and they tell me, ‘Didi, we know you don’t lie.’

There are more than thousand mother tongues spoken in our country. This is not just a number but a reason to be proud of.

Fiscal prudence is very important.