Ngiam Kee Quotes & Sayings

Art: to nudge truth along a little. — Jules Renard

What functions do dreams serve today? One view, published in a reputable scientific paper, holds that the function of dreams is to wake us up a little, every now and then, to see if anyone is about to eat us. But dreams occupy such a relatively small part of normal sleep that this explanation does not seem very compelling. Moreover, as we have seen, the evidence points just the other way: today it is the mammalian predators, not the mammalian prey, who characteristically have dream-filled sleep. — Carl Sagan

You do not belong to yourself, you belong to God — Sunday Adelaja

You can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar. — Sam Altman

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest. — Robert Wright

I'm interested in how a lot of people pull objects together to form an environment that we feel reflects ourselves or makes us feel comfortable. — Matt Smith

Into each life some rain must fall. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fitting is a luxury rarely given to immigrants, or children of immigrants. We are stuck in emotional purgatory. Home, somehow, is always the last place you left, and never the place you're in. — Scaachi Koul

One has to live with the fact that some corporate decisions are going to be wrong. As long as most of the decisions are right. — Michael Otto

But no one could change the mind of someone else. That was for them to do. And if they weren't willing, then there was no magic in existence to make them see what they didn't want to see. — Sherrilyn Kenyon