Sangakkara Trinity Quotes & Sayings

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men. — William Hazlitt

Men are so inevitably mad that not to be mad would be to give a mad twist to madness. — Blaise Pascal

When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be. — Natalie Portman

One of the villagers had left his home to try his luck abroad. After twenty five years, having made a fortune, he returned to his country with his wife and child. Meanwhile his mother and sister had been running a small hotel in the village where he was born. He decided to give them a surprise and, leaving his wife and child in another inn, he went to stay at his mother's place, booking a room under an assumed name. His mother and sister completely failed to recognize him. At dinner that evening he showed them a large sum of money he had on him, and in the course of the night they slaughtered him with a hammer. After taking the money they flung the body into the river. Next morning his wife came and, without thinking, betrayed the guest's identity. His mother hanged herself. His sister threw herself into a well. — Albert Camus

Satan does not care whether he drags you down to hell as a Calvinist or as an Arminian, so long as he can get you there. — Charles Spurgeon

it's only by not taking the human race seriously that I retain what fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess! — Arthur C. Clarke

There are movies whose feel-good sentiments and slick craft annoy me so deeply that I know they will become box-office successes or top prizewinners. I call this internal mechanism my Built-In Hit Detector. — Richard Corliss

Tatiana sat on the bench by the bay, by the morning water, and watched her son push himself on a tire swing. Her arms were twisted around her stomach. She was trying not to rock like Alexander rocked at three o'clock in the morning. Has he left me? Did he kiss my hand and go? No. It wasn't possible. Something's happened. He can't cope, can't make it, can't find a way out, a way in. I know it. I feel it. We thought the hard part was over - but we were wrong. Living is the hardest part. Figuring out how to live your life when you're all busted up inside and out - there is nothing harder. Oh dear God. Where is Alexander? — Paullina Simons

When the lamp has been removed from my sight, and my wife, no stranger now to my habit, has fallen silent, I examine the whole of my day and retrace my actions and words; I hide nothing from myself, pass over nothing. For why should I be afraid of any of my mistakes, when I can say: 'Beware of doing that again, and this time I pardon you. — Seneca.

Laughter is a most healthful exertion; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

We are all writing God's poem. — Anne Sexton

Look, there's more to this than either of us thought." Finch waited for her to continue. He knew the pattern: whenever she had new information, she needed to assess what part she could reveal to him. He realized she needed another prod. "Jennie, I didn't have to tell you about the Whitelaw's — D.F. Bailey

Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor. — Carmelo Anthony