Sinhala Meaningful Quotes & Sayings

There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo. — John Le Carre

As her brother turned to walk away, she asked with mild exasperation, "Where are you going? Leo, you can't leave when there's so much to be done."
He stopped and glanced back at her with a raised brow. "You've been pouring unsweetened tea down my throat for days. If you have no objection, I'd like to go out for a piss."
She narrowed her eyes. "I can think of at least a dozen polite euphemisms you could have used."
Leo continued on his way. "I don't use euphemisms."
"Or politeness," she said, making him chuckle. — Lisa Kleypas

I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success. From a hundred pictures, mine will always stand out. And so the galleries began to hang my work in their best rooms, always in the middle, because my painting was attractive. It was precise. It was 'finished'. — Tamara De Lempicka

Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today. — Nelson Mandela

The depression of Job aroused sympathy from his friends but not compassion or faith; when he opened his mouth in bitterness, he opened himself up to unrighteous judgment and greater attack of the enemy; his view of reality became distorted, causing his judgment to falter as he made false presumptions about God; he became fearful, which created additional torment and further weakening of faith. — J. Chace Gordon

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. — Aleister Crowley

This whole country's stolen. — Jeffrey Eugenides

And yet, she suddenly wondered, should you actually lie about how much Proust you've read? — Alexander McCall Smith