Gunathilaka Construction Quotes & Sayings

Time and again, my sociobiological colleagues have upbraided me as a turncoat, because I will not agree with them that the ultimate criterion for the success of a meme must be its contribution to Darwinian "fitness". At bottom, they insist, a "good meme" spreads because brains are receptive to it, and the receptiveness of brains is ultimately shaped by (genetic) natural selection. — Richard Dawkins

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable. — William James

To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state — Albert Bandura

I'm not lazy, simply adept at leisure — Bemy Wells

As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial and potentially harmful ends. Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility. We reject the notion advocated in some quarters that man should stop eating from the tree of knowledge, as if that were humanly possible. — Nicolaas Bloembergen

I think it's great some hotels provide stationery. Because the first thing I like to do when I get to a hotel room is write a letter. "My dearest Gwendolyn, I arrived by nightfall at the Embassy Suites. It will be a fortnight after my return that this letter shall arrive. Allow me to explain the curious charge at the ledger. It is because I miss thee so much, darling, I accidentally ordered Sorrority Sisters 7." — Jim Gaffigan

Poetry is an art of economy. — Matthew Shenoda

Youth, when it is hurt, likes to feel itself betrayed. — Willa Cather

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. I want to do for others what Eudora Welty did for me. — Karl Marlantes

I was once a blank piece of parchment too, waiting to be inscribed. I learned about things and people from stories, and I learned about other authors from stories. — Neil Gaiman

Iker has never stopped being one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For me, Iker is a top goalkeeper and has never not been. — Cristiano Ronaldo

It is better to be killed than frightened to death. — Bill Vaughan

I've learned two things in my life. One that love is the beginning and end of all meaning. And two that it is the same thing whatever shape our souls have taken on this journey. Love is love. Is love. — Clive Barker

I'm tired of reading about history, I want to make it. — Mario Savio