Ranga Quotes

#1. To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.

Deepak Chopra

#2. Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt

#3. Think about the future, Ranga, but do not live in it.

Ian B.G. Burns

#4. Respect lies in your work, not in your profession.

Ranu Das

#5. May no Evil Eye peek thru window, keyhole or gunsight at his white haired face!

Allen Ginsberg

#6. A boy, Ranga, is the light in his father's eye and the love in his mother's heart.

Ian B.G. Burns

#7. Some people are like drums, Ranga. They are only heard when you strike them. Do not be like a drum, Ranga, be heard when thou has something to say, and let the world decide.

Ian B.G. Burns

#8. It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its power.

Emma Goldman

#9. Men want a lot of pals - and they don't want people to get mad at them.

Kurt Vonnegut

#10. This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if you get another rejection letter. Every successful writer has gone through that, but they kept writing and didn't quit until they made it happen.

Tim Maleeny

#11. 1. Some people, Ranga, try to make things too complicated. One thing is not complicated. Two things are complicated, but not very complicated. Three things are very complicated. We are very fortunate that cricket is not three things, but two things.

Ian B.G. Burns

#12. If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

Joni Eareckson Tada

#13. A boy, Ranga, is tomorrow's world the day after tomorrow.

Ian B.G. Burns

#14. Some people are like dogs, Ranga, with wagging tails. Whilst thou are happily watching their wagging tails they are happily biting thou with their sharp teeth. Beware of wagging tails, Ranga. Especially in cricket.

Ian B.G. Burns

#15. Too simple? An idea cannot be too simple. Simple is sometimes great, indeed. The Mahatma had a simple idea, although the British did not like it very much and put him in jail. Simple is good.

Ian B.G. Burns

#16. They say that "Time assuages" -
Time never did assuage -
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age -
Time is a Test of Trouble -
But not a Remedy -
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady

Emily Dickinson

#17. Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

Richard Dreyfuss

#18. It's tens of millions of calculations just to design one connection between a piece of structural steel and another piece of structural steel.

Greg Lynn

#19. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it is a very unfortunate situation for the batting team. On the other side of the image, although being definitely unfortunatable for the batting team, it is most definitely a glorious silver lining for the bowling team.

Ian B.G. Burns

#20. I don't rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

John Gokongwei

#21. We have to be sure [students] understand that racial, national, ethnic, and religious hatred can lead to horrible tragedies.

Rod Blagojevich