Sreeraman Quotes & Sayings

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle. — T.H. White

Once upon a time, it had sufficed to write 'The Sound and the Fury' or 'The Sun Also Rises.' But now bigness was essential. Thickness, length. — Jonathan Franzen

My education and that of my Black associates were quite different from the education of our white schoolmates. In the classroom we all learned past participles, but in the streets and in our homes the Blacks learned to drop s's from plurals and suffixes from past-tense verbs. We were alert to the gap separating the written word from the colloquial. We learned to slide out of one language and into another without being conscious of the effort. At school, in a given situation, we might respond with "That's not unusual." But in the street, meeting the same situation, we easily said, "It be's like that sometimes. — Maya Angelou

I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up by her father. I've been stunned by the amount of men in my life that have contacted me since my speech to tell me to keep going, and that they want to make sure that their daughters will still be alive to see a world where women have power and equality, economically and politically. — Emma Watson

I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests or prejudices shrink from the advance of truth and science. — Thomas Jefferson

Diesel fuel is too important to our farmers at harvest time and to the truckers delivering commerce across Nebraska to allow a bureaucratic hurdle to slow the delivery of fuel. — Dave Heineman

Myths are, in fact ... neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our place in it. — Stephen H. Furrer

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years. — Martina Navratilova

Live it well and this life can be grand. — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

If you don't drink 56 bottles of water a week, scientists say you should take a garden hose at the end of the week and shove it up your ass. — Lewis Black