Vivian Balakrishnan Quotes

#1. Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.

Mark Hart

#2. The test of happiness is gratitude.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#3. Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others.

Vironika Tugaleva

#4. I love spicy food.

Cynthia Nixon

#5. He ran the back of his hand up her cheek, with the pretense of wiping away sweat. Do you think you could ever love me?
I don't think so.
Because I'm not good enough.
It's not like that.
Because I'm not smart.
No.
Because you couldn't love me.
Because I couldn't love you.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#6. I was recruited by the former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And I never forgot his key message to me when he was encouraging me to come in. He said: "You must hold fast to your values. If you have to compromise your values in order to join us, you lose your value to us."

Vivian Balakrishnan

#7. And yet, in terms of its emotive potential, I still find art more attractive, currently, than books, which fail at a deeper level.

Andrew Miller

#8. The charade of politics is to make voters think that the personal narrative of the candidate affects the operation of the corporate state. It doesn't really matter on the fundamental issues whether the President is Republican or Democratic.

Chris Hedges

#9. You only do what is in accordance with your self-image. If you consider yourself shy, you won't be able to start a conversation with a stranger. If you consider yourself a slow learner, you won't think of applying to the top college.

Michal Stawicki

#10. Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

Judy Blume

#11. Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.

Emmylou Harris

#12. When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

Rodrigo Santoro

#13. You're asking for trouble, Hannagan," he growls.
"And you would be ... ?" Janie asks. She giggles.
"Trouble.

Lisa McMann

#14. Everyone can write a cliche. What's rare is to write them often and unashamedly enough that people quote it as if it's some deep shit.

Jimmy Lo

#15. How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?

Vivian Balakrishnan

#16. You learn these little tricks for stage fighting, which are really tiny and you wouldn't think of them, but it makes all the difference in the world. I love it!

David Giuntoli

#17. Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?

Thomas Hood

#18. If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar top dancing ... a young girl with a short skirt dancing on it may attract some insults from some other men, the boyfriend will start fighting and some people will die.

Vivian Balakrishnan