Top 45 Smriti Irani Quotes

You can’t stop trusting people just because of a few people.

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

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

Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?

I am a living example of PM Modi’s tolerance… he forgave me though I publicly attacked him.

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

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

No one but people like me can understand the importance of education.

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

What type of politics is the Congress practising, wherein its leaders commit the sin of looting money meant for the welfare of pregnant women and poor children?

If anything, ‘Kyunki Saas’ is impossible without Ekta Kapoor.

I have my idea of India… don’t demean it.

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

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.

Life, especially life on soaps, sometimes needs a reality check.

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

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’ve done shows like ‘Kuchh Dil Se,’ which was a talk show on socio-political economic issues. So I do do a variety of stuff, but I think ‘Kyunki’ gets the most limelight.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Handloom is a legacy, a craft which involves close to four million weavers in the country. They have to decide how they would like to position their wares in the domestic and global markets. We in the government will support their vision to the best of our abilities.

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.

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.

I have attained a fair degree of success. I don’t have any regrets.

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.

Every Indian has a right to take part in politics. Why not me?

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

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.

Everyone should work within the ambit of law.

My belief is that policy cannot be piecemeal.

Citizens know the legacy of misrule of the Congress – an economy in doldrums and an administration full of leakages.

I think I am a living example of Modi’s capacity to forgive.

I think when anyone struggles, they think they are being short changed.

I cannot have any apprehensions during elections.

I have seen rural life and met all kinds of people.

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

I want to categorically say that whatever I am, I have made a space for myself in Indian politics and media out of my own perseverance and hard work.

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

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

I think too many obituaries have been written about me.

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

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.