Colombo Quotes

#1. I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness.

Romesh Gunesekera

#2. Because from the first line I can tell how many hours the mule was carrying it up his ass on the way from Colombo to Minsk. And that's nothing, I can know how many times that ass of his was ...

Victor Pelevin

#3. 'Commonwealth' is not a word I ever used growing up in Colombo. There, in the late 1950s, it would have meant little more than New Zealand lamb and Anchor butter at the cold stores.

Romesh Gunesekera

#4. Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.

Jonathan Swift

#5. There are no tips for life neither for travelling

Guido Colombo

#6. Try a RainWing. They're always asleep.

Tui T. Sutherland

#7. He was a proud union man, firmly believing that the courage of a few men could prevent the suffering of thousands.

Anthony Colombo

#8. Some things happened and some other things didn't, and at one point I found I'd gone to a place where I married Jascha. Pyotr Frankis had been right: life was funny. It was also reasonably good and so was the relationship. And after the divorce, I got a job.

Pat Cadigan

#9. I believe it is the woman in the relationship that drives the relationship to what she wants it to be

Lori Colombo-Dunham

#10. The sea will grant each man new hope
The sleep brings dreams of home.

Cristoforo Colombo

#11. A milligram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure.

John Robert Colombo

#12. I do not believe in ghosts. I believe in ghost stories.

John Robert Colombo

#13. If you're willing to live in a cardboard box on the streets with him, then marry him.

Lori Colombo-Dunham

#14. The world is round.

Cristoforo Colombo

#15. Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

Lao-Tzu

#16. It was so dry in Saskatchewan during the Depression that the trees were chasing the dogs.

John Robert Colombo

#17. Punishing yourself for a mistake is making another mistake. Correction comes from caring, not from guilt.

Karlyle Tomms

#18. The most amazing travellers were to humble to write about it

Guido Colombo

#19. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He

Jonathan Swift

#20. Canada could have enjoyed: English government, French culture, and American know-how. Instead it ended up with: English know-how, French government, and American culture.

John Robert Colombo