Dilum Dissanayake Quotes & Sayings

God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us. — Adrian Rogers

She was truly beautiful, though that was not what drew him to want to know more about her. This woman of wealth and privilege had something else about her - and inner beauty - which he couldn't quite define. — Kathleen Y'Barbo

Count your blessings. Be grateful
you're alive — Laurence Gonzales

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. — Louis Kronenberger

It's always interesting to see what the real enthusiasts think, but they're rarely representative of the tastes of the wider audience, so I tend to write for myself, for an imagined smart 14-year-old, and for a couple of friends who are still big comics fans. — Grant Morrison

Superficial goals lead to superficial results — Attila The Hun

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Men are beasts, selfish and brutal. However gentle the words, there are always darker motives underneath. — George R R Martin

Art is always, even at its most repulsive, an impassioned cry of love. — Laurence Overmire

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans. — John F. Kerry

My Father, if there is any way, get me out of this. But please, not what I want. You, what do you want? — Anonymous

When you told me the first time that Valentine was your father, I didn't believe it. Not just because I didn't want it to be true, but because you weren't anything like him. I've never thought you're anything like him. But you are. You are. — Cassandra Clare

If I had not grown up in Nigeria- and if all I knew of Africa were of popular images- I too would think that africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals and incomprehensible people fighting sensless wars, dying of poverty and aids- unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind white foreigner. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Thus we swallow politics with every meal. We take a mouthful and read a telegram, one eye on table, the other on the paper. One must be made of cool stuff to keep calm and collected, but I say but little. — George W. Cable