Janakiraman Srinivasan Quotes & Sayings

The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it's one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn't exist. — August Kleinzahler

The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch. — Emma Lazarus

8I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly. — Anonymous

Certainly parents play a crucial role in the lives of individuals who are intellectually gifted or creatively talented. But this role is not one of active instruction, of teaching children skills, ... rather, it is support and encouragement parents give children and the intellectual climate that they create in the home which seem to be the critical factors. — David Elkind

Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. — Dennis Banks

Dogger had once warned me to be wary of any man who introduced himself as 'Mr.' It was an honorific, he said, a mark of respect to be bestowed by others, but never, ever, under any circumstances, upon oneself. — Alan Bradley

It was the end of the October term of my sophomore year, and everything was petty normal, except for Social Studies, which was no big surprise. Mr. Dimas, who taught the class, had a reputation for unconventional teaching methods. For midterms he had blindfolded us, then had us each stick a pin in a map of the world and we got to write essays on wherever the pin stuck. I got Decatur, Illinois. Some of the guys complained because they drew places like Ulan Bator or Zimbabwe. They were lucky. YOU try writing ten thousand words on Decatur, Illinois. — Neil Gaiman

Gas grills are a no-no. Gas is a petroleum product. Rather than a smokey flavor, it will add a a petroleum-based weird taste into your meat. However, if you already have a gas grill, you can bring in some smoke flavor by tightly rolling wood chips in tin foil really tight and placing them on the top of your burners. — Johnny Trigg

I don't have anything else to prove. — Lennox Lewis

I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute certainty. — Anthony Eden

I've tried. He doesn't want any friend but himself. He's shut himself up tight, like a beautiful flower bud being poisoned from within. — William Shakespeare

Hopefully next time I won't be recovering from an assassination attempt, and then I'll do better. — Kevin Hearne

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I mention the library only as a last resort. I recommend buying your own books... They can be spiced with underlines, question marks, and exclamation points; they can be thumbed and dog-eared, plucked to their essential core, and annotated so that they become a mirror of yourself. — Kato Lomb