Dharmarajan Viswanathan Quotes & Sayings

They were not bad men. They had worked hard on behalf of the valley for hundreds of
years. But it is possible, after a while, to develop certain dangerous habits of thought. One is
that, while all important enterprises need careful organization, it is the organization that needs
organizing, rather than the enterprise. And another is that tranquillity is always a good thing. — Terry Pratchett

Or there are the non-forgiveness stories like Breaking Bad and Crime and Punishment, where there is no such thing as 'getting away with it.' I heard a real-life version of this recently. On the radio show Snap Judgment, Robert Davis, an ex-police officer in New Orleans, tells his story. A crooked cop in the late 1970s, he lists several occasions where he bartered with people to get out of their arrests. When an internal affairs charge was made against him, he was warned that there would be a sting operation, so he ran. Knowing that he could be tracked down in another city, and that any phone calls to his family would be bugged, he became a fugitive living in the woods. I distinctly remember looking at the stars and seeing a plane flying south and thinking about siblings I had left behind. — Anonymous

Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times. — Joan Baez

Eddie: You don't have any feelings at all.
Phil: I don't have your feelings, Eddie; that's all. I have my own, they get me by. — David Rabe

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do. — Sidney Crosby

When people don't pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently. — Steven D. Levitt

You don't look like a genie."
"Palazzo pants and sequined vests don't cut it in the United States. — Elizabeth Langston

Call it a case of observer bias on my part, but Humanist Paganism seems to be an emerging option for those who want to be part of the Pagan community, but who want to be a little more intellectual about their practices, and they really don't care about the 'woo' anymore. — Brendan Myers

The most important thing with turkey is to let it rest - most people don't let it rest long enough. It will get juicier the longer you let it rest. — Wylie Dufresne

It's my job to manage my heart so that I can respond to you in love and cast out fear in our relationship. — Danny Silk

Of all miracles, none is more daunting than normal. To be - to become - normal. This gift seemingly so ordinary is not a gift given to all who seek it. — Joyce Carol Oates

How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails. — Vernor Vinge

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm. — George Bernard Shaw

Every creative act, however small, enriches our species and the world around us. To find and nurture talent, is to be truly wealthy. — Stewart Stafford