Thayalan Cumarasamy Quotes & Sayings

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. — George Chapman

You are taking things far too literally. Everything you see is merely a symbol for things you do not see. Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds. — Seth Adam Smith

Mobilis in Mobile — Jules Verne

I've seen it in cities across the world. Immigrants gather, make a little enclave. That enclave gets conveniently ignored by the rest of the city. When roads are repaired, other places come first. When guards are sent to patrol, they avoid the foreign sections." "The slum becomes its own little world," Tonk — Brandon Sanderson

Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. — John Milton

Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later. — Lois McMaster Bujold

The deliberate effort of memory for small detail is a social grace that will take a person far. — Carolyn Haines

:I am Topaz,: the unicorn on the hill haughtily announced, :and this is my vale.:
:I was not aware unicorns could own vales,: Wareska linked.
The unicorn stiffened, and even from this distance, Wareska could see her bright, golden eyes narrow dangerously. :Now you know,: she said with quiet menace. — Ash Gray

Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher. — Steven Rattner

Women are really much nicer than men: No wonder we like them. — Kingsley Amis

Back there in the beginning, as I see now, my life was all time and almost no memory. Though I knew early of death, it still seemed to be something that happened only to other people, and I stood in an unending river of time that would go on making the same changes and the same returns forever.

And now, nearing the end, I see that my life is almost entirely memory and very little time. — Wendell Berry