Ratnamala Quotes & Sayings

I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage. — John Lurie

The reason God exists is because ignorance is bliss, and God is true bliss. — Lionel Suggs

Our cage
We make a quire, as doth the prison'd bird,
And sing our bondage freely. — William Shakespeare

Not everyone is born a great leader, but anyone can foster core leadership competencies for themselves and become actionable, effective leaders. — Ravinder Tulsiani

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little soap boxes. — Tommy Smothers

All members of a Cabinet are referred to as Right. Honorable Gentlemen. There are only three things wrong with such a title ... — Michael Dobbs

My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it's more like a dance than anything else. — Frans Lanting

I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me. — Elizabeth Banks

Interestingly, this speech by Prospero does not contrast the unreality of the stage with the solid, flesh-and-blood existence of real men and women. On the contrary, it seizes on the flimsiness of dramatic characters as a metaphor for the fleeting, fantasy-ridden quality of actual human lives. It is we who are made of dreams, not just such figments of Shakespeare's imagination as Ariel and Caliban. The cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces of this earth are mere stage scenery after all. — Terry Eagleton

It is curious that, with my somewhat antinomian tendencies, I should have gone to Trinity Hall - which was, and is, before all a Law College - and should thus have been thrown into close touch with the legal element in life. — Edward Carpenter

Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting. — Charles Stross

Most smiles are started by another smile. — E.C. McKenzie

Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal. — Peter Slipper

I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to be actors. I spent my whole school life forming boy bands. — James Corden