Vijekumarathunga Quotes & Sayings

You're never quite sure, when you first get something if you really have a sense of what an opportunity it is. — Timothy Olyphant

Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them. — Tommy Lee

How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! — Hosea Ballou

When Louis relaxed, it was an indication that a threat was at hand and he was preparing to act, as when an archer releases a breath simultaneously with the flight of an arrow, channeling all of the tension into the flighted missile itself. — John Connolly

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. — Chris Pine

I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding - certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever. — Jane Austen

Society is only possible on these terms, that the individual finds therein a strengthening of his own ego and his own will. — Ludwig Von Mises

Welcome to the real world," Inspector Dormouse says. "No one cares about anything. Each worker in the system only cares to lift the responsibility off his shoulders. Give them a good reason and promise it's all your fault when something goes wrong, and you're good to go. — Cameron Jace

In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be swaying the branches of the plum tree and dust may slowly be gathering on the bookshelves in the living room. But we are aware that such serenity does not do justice to the chaotic and violent fundamentals of existence and hence, after a time, it has a a habit of growing worrisome in its own way. — Alain De Botton

I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30. — Mike Ditka

...and it made me uncomfortable the way this guy was eating a scrawny chicken wing and looking at me. You know, I just wanted to tell him to knock it off and be a person. — Tama Janowitz

Good moral character is the first essential in a man. — George Washington

Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her. — Tim Conway

The main purpose of hobby is to promote one's self-actualization — Sunday Adelaja