Sivaraman Prakasam Quotes & Sayings

CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. — Ambrose Bierce

Holidays, if you enjoy them, have no history. — Rosamond Lehmann

But observe that [Peter] never ceases to be a bold man; he does not become nervous and diffident. No, he does not change in that way. The essential personality remains; and yet he is 'poor in spirit' at the same time. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you've been busily cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary. — P.D. James

Vaccination is one of the easiest things on the way to development. It's much easier than roads and a great education system. It's very basic. It's one of the first things you want to get right. — Bill Gates

Stress can destroy much more than just our physical health. Too often, it eats away at our hope, belief, and faith. — Charles F. Glassman

Angry, judgmental, and critical people don't make good evangelists. — John S. Leonard

Monetary exchanges have interesting things in common; Gresham's law, if true, says what one of these interesting things is. But what is interesting about monetary exchanges is surely not their commonalities under physical description. A natural kind like a monetary exchange could turn out to be co-extensive with a physical natural kind; but if it did, that would be an accident on a cosmic scale. — Jerry Fodor

It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them. — Jean Giraudoux

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. — T. Boone Pickens

Our White - Whites were a mixed crowd,including a well - known doctor,owner of a chateau near Versailles,an opera singer with an enormous belly and a chaplainbass;a homosexual architect with a beard,two night club porters,and a lawyer who sold Jewish refugees visas for a Central American Republic,which on arrival turned out to be non valid. — Arthur Koestler

The room around us is gone, and the stars feel close enough to touch. — Rainbow Rowell

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go. — Max Beerbohm