Paraya Kar Diya Quotes & Sayings

Confucious and the Madman (excerpt)

The cinnamon tree is edible: so it is cut down!
The lacquer tree is profitable: they maim it.
Every man knows how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know
How useful it is to be useless. — Thomas Merton

The best way to improve children's performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it. — Tara Parker-Pope

In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Writers are thieves, We steal stories. We steal names. We steal scenes. We observe the world and we take what we need and modify it. — John Grisham

She's the main character in her story, just like I'm the main character in mine. — Marisa De Los Santos

What you lack in capital make up for with excellence. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of my father and the comparisons. I was self-conscious about that. Now I realize there was nothing to be worried about. — Michael Douglas

They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to eat English food, much of which was designed and manufactured in medieval times during the reign of King Walter the Mildly Disturbed. — Dave Barry

Thing we ask a servant for is a testimonial to honesty, sobriety and industry; for we soon find out that these are the scarce things, and that geniuses and clever people are as common as rats. — Oscar Wilde

I had this whole plan when I graduated high school: I was going to go to college, date a few guys, and then meet THE guy at the end of my freshman year, maybe at the beginning of my sophomore year. We'd be engaged by graduation and married the next year. And then, after some traveling, we'd start our family. Four kids, three years apart. I wanted to be done by the time I was 35. — Rainbow Rowell

Do you know what we Turks think is the best Turkish delight? The Turkish woman. She is the best Turkish delight. — Carol Vorvain