Parthasarathy Srinivasan Quotes & Sayings

My mom used to say, 'Life isn't fair,'" said Shadow.

"Of course she did," said Wednesday. "It's one of those things that moms say, right up there with 'If all your friends jumped off a cliff would you do it too?'"

"You stiffed that girl for ten bucks, I slipped her ten bucks," said Shadow, doggedly. "It was the right thing to do."

Someone announced that their plane was boarding. Wednesday stood up. "May your choices always be so clear," he said. — Neil Gaiman

Human beings have a drive for security and safety, which is often what fuels the spiritual search. This very drive for security and safety is what causes so much misery and confusion. Freedom is a state of complete and absolute insecurity and not knowing. So, in seeking security and safety, you actually distance yourself from the freedom you want. There is no security in freedom, at least not in the sense that we normally think of security. This is, of course, why it is so free: there's nothing there to grab hold of. — Adyashanti

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs. — Sonny Rollins

The most precious gift God gave humans is reason. Its best use is the search for knowledge. To know the human environment, to know the earth and galaxies, is to know God. Knowledge (science) is the best form of prayer. — Fatema Mernissi

Freedom is the right to live without fear. — Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time. — Joe Torre

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better. — Andrea Martin

Through my own efforts I am lost most of the time without any help from anyone. — John Steinbeck

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest. — Erma Bombeck

I can access emotions very easily. — Allison Janney

For what was living with a man if it wasn't living inside his insanity? — Alice Munro

She read about people she could never be and adventures she would never have — Anonymous

I tried Botox, but I don't want to be hooked on that stuff. — Cherie Lunghi