My Own Sayings of 2011: Author Jay Hettiarachchy

1. Any means would justify some end that may by no means be just
2. Means to an end should not be an end in itself
3. Don’t bullshit others, and don’t allow others to bullshit you either
4. Past is the best predictor of the future
5. Death saddens the living not the dead
6. If you fall in love with a monkey be prepared to climb and live on a tree
7. You could motivate yourself "in spite" of those who de-motivate you
8. People tend to lose their most valuable possessions when when they need them most
9. If you never had it will you ever miss it?
10. People seem to like asynchronous relationships. It used to be TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) in the olden days
11. Knowledge and character are not only mutually exclusive but could also be far apart
12. It is better to be a scarecrow than a farmer
13. Disaster does not have to strike to bring out the goodness of people
14. It is not as much the message as how it is communicated that is important to the recipient
15. Parents, by the time you learn by experimenting with your children they are out of your life
16. How prudent is prudent? Only the prudent will tell you, if you ask
17. What people don't say, say a lot more than what they say
18. A truly happy family is a family undivided in spite of all the divisive forces that breed divided families today
19. A journey of thousand miles is a piece of cake for me if cops leave me alone on the highway
20. Talkers do not do, doers do not talk
21. Not doing anything could be a perfectly viable option in certain situations
22. In your job or whatever you do for a living, try to save your life first and then try to save the life of others
23. If you own a body it is your responsibility to learn about the functioning of your body. If you own a mind it is your responsibility to learn about the functioning of your mind. This is because no one else will ever care for your body or mind as much as you do.
24. Virtue is real, virtual is not
25. These days young people need estate planning more than the old people. This is because the young people do not want to inherit old people’s liabilities.
26. Sin is a sin whether it is committed knowingly, unknowingly or in defiance
27. Living your life is a better alternative than dying (working) to live 　
28. Greater good undermines individual good
29. Memories hurt; if they are good ones, they are just memories. If they are bad ones, they don't go away
30. Being realistic is not the same as being negative or pessimistic, realistically
31. Turn up the volume of silence in your mind. You will be amazed what that sound could do to you in this world of solipsists
32. "Best of Both Worlds", is truly a graceful place to be. I live it and love every minute of it
33. Changing a system from within is far easier than trying to change it from outside
34. Saying is one thing and doing is another
35. Where the people are warm, they have hot tea
36. It is easier to trick puppy dogs than the old dogs
37. A roller coaster life of emotional highs and lows, could make one puke
38. You may look as much as you want, but not see
39. Attraction and/or distraction is a function of one's age
40. Some are good at laying and others at dropping bricks
41. Some prophets are not only not honored but even insulted in their own lands
42. When you are a wage earner, you need to keep your tail between your legs or wag your tail and run behind your master
43. It is easy to fight with yourself than with others
44. Usefulness is relative to what we do at certain stages of our life. What may have been very useful to us 25 years ago will be utterly useless now
45. Knowing your friends is one thing; knowing your friends from enemies is another
46. Can't cross the bridge if it is not there
47. It is not over until the fat woman has eaten
48. You can have the cake and eat the cake too if you could bake the cake
49. If you don't have a heart then you can't be a heart patient
50. Families grow together apart
51. You are responsible for others as well as for yourself
52. Loving is not similar to a casual exchange of a smile between two people
53. Cross the bridge when the other side of the bridge is safe
54. Problem people are very good at creating problems for themselves and for others, when they don't have problems they are clever at creating them
55. Worrying about tomorrow will not only kill tomorrow but today as well
56. Family once extended turns nuclear
57. Nothing in this world in our lives is never forgotten
58. Letting go with kids is a fact of life with kids
59. If you think your friends laugh at you behind your back and if they do, you don't have any friends
60. Unfortunately, most animals cannot think like humans, yet some humans act like animals
61. The more technology you own the less human you are
62. Surprises are what they are supposed to be 　
63. It is more noble to find the root causes of bad behavior of humans and publish than to simply complain about it
64. Judge me not, the wise man said
65. One man's productivity is another man's garbage
66. It matters when we exercise our minds over matter
67. Rock is a hard place to live
68. Artificial Intelligence is humanly impossible because it is not only a contradiction but a no brainer
69. Intelligence and general knowledge are not the same as intelligent people would recognize
70. All talk and no action make everyone unhappy
71. A hungry man should find a woman who could cook well
72. If only they could talk, every dog will have its say
73. Homes have to be built, not bought and sold
74. Dead men could not talk as they lie
75. Sky is the limit, if sky is real
76. Power when turned off, is powerless to corrupt the world absolutely
77. What is good for the gander is the goose
78. Confused people confuse people
79. If you can fix it don't buy it
80. A gift is something given and not asked for
81. We learn more from our failures than from our successes
82. Choosing not to do something, could be the best choice that fits certain circumstances
83. The law of the vital few increases the number of those who lean on their shovel
84. Slaves have no family, they have masters
85. True love between human beings is not the same as love making or deal making
86. It is far better to amuse yourself than trying to amuse those who are un-amusable
87. The aches of the human heart commonly referred to as angina by medical community, are far more complicated to be heard by any stethoscope invented by the humans so far.
88. How will you eat an elephant? Keep It Stupid Simple (KISS). One byte at a time
89. Humans cannot manipulate time although they could manage or mismanage their time
90. Dysfunction is another variant function
91. Knowing when and where to draw the line is as important as drawing the line
92. The impact of hidden truth could be worse than that of a lie
93. Letting go with kids is a fact of life when kids become college kids
94. Joy comes from sharing rather than embracing
95. A short embrace feels good, so long as it is not a deadly embrace 　
96. Looking out for your physical and mental health is your business because no one else could do it for you
97. Changing the pillow would not only make the headache not to go away, but could make it worse
98. Dead people do not hear all the nice things people say about them; the best thing is to tell those things before they poof
99. What we don’t know could hurt us as much as what we know
100. Jealousy is the cause of success as well as failure of people

MyOwnSayingsOf-2010

1.    If you can't stand the heat, fight for your equal right to cook

2.    There are no winners in the game of life when everyone is a loser in the long run

3.    Do not do things now and repent later, because now never comes back but later does

4.    Lucky are those men whose heads don't spin

5.    The best plan is to have Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C to deal with all possible seemingly real situations in an unreal life

6.    In any profession or craft, the craftsmen will forge you to be one of them; if you don't they will crucify you

7.    For some people what they don't have is the only thing they have

8.    Arguments on "which is the dumbest generation" depends on which generation the contestants belong to

9.    An apple tree doesn't have to pretend to be an orange tree. It does not have to keep yelling "I am an apple tree" either.

10. Do not ask the thief's mother where the thief is hiding, because she might tell you where he is

11. Problems caused by time, will be resolved by time over time

12. So much communication constipation pervading through cultural and national borders

13. Social networks are no substitute for true relationships

14. If you don’t feel sorry for yourself who will?

15. Those who live to eat love to eat

16. Slow and steady make a good couple

17. Some bulls carry their china shop along with them

18. A stitch in time calls for a time machine

19. Misery is an integral part of being human. Those who have no choice in the matter learn to enjoy misery. This I find paradoxical

20. Rock the boats while they are there, because you cannot rock them when they are not there

21. Students, you will get the fishing rod from me. I will do no fishing for you. Because I am the teacher and you are the student

22. There are no real winners or real losers in an unreal and unrealistic world

23. Poor people give poor financial advice. They still make their commission for their stupid advice

24. Leave the mountains alone, they can take care of themselves

25. The world is neither round nor flat, it is as dumb as a dumb bell

26. Nature will bend humans who probably think they could bend the nature

27. In this world most good things to people have happened accidentally, like family happened to you

28. It is only as long as you are mentally and physically healthy sound and strong, you could help those who are mentally and physically unhealthy unsound and weak

29. Only a fool would call a fool a fool, because not even a fool would like to be called a fool

30. There is a real difference between "real friends" and "work-place friends". Work-place friends love your work, real friends love you. A combination is really rare

31. What you do not see does not exist for you

32. Relatives are "relative", not absolutes

33. What you don't know will hurt you more than you know

34. Its not the clothes that maketh a [wo] man, but it’s the [wo]man that maketh the clothes

35. Lucky is the wo)man who does not have to work for a living

36. No one can hurt you, but yourself

37. Time and Tide waits for the other person to come

38. As you saw, so have I seen too

39. Once bitten, no longer shy

40. Nowadays a stitch in time is a very uncool thing to do

41. Time wastes everyone of us

42. Artificial Intelligence is not only robbing us of our intelligence but also our money and identity and will leave us crying in the middle of the superhighway in future

43. Students be the cookie cutter, not the cookie

44. Mortals lose their mind well before they lose their flesh.

45. Hey, make hay and go on the "hay ride" of life while the sun is shining

46. When most of us were in graduate school we did not have money to buy pizza, but when we have all the money later in life, we cannot eat pizza

47. Do not make others' problems your's, most people do

48. Even the man who was hanged had the satisfaction of knowing that without him there wouldn't have been a hanging ceremony

49. Holding hands calls for another hand

50. Waking up those who are already awake could be an awakening

51. World won't stop if you do, sadly some think it would

52. The truth is real and is far from truth

53. Be careful, there are liars, outliers and outright liars in this world

54. All work and all play will make Jack a wokn'playholic

55. Only those who do not know the question should beg the question

56. Isn't it so strange that we value those things most that we know we cannot ever possess in life?

57. Small towns never grow when big cities overgrow

58. "Problem people" give you nothing but problems

59. What is good for the gander is the goose

60. It is far easier to appreciate a person in good times than in bad times in the dumps

61. Birds of a feather too peck one another

62. Happiness flows from inside to outside, not in the other way around

63. If you do not know ask, if you know tell

64. Flattery sometimes can take you somewhere

65. Often has a girl been a punching bag for a boy

66. Often has a boy cut a rod to beat his parents

67. Time wastes us, not we the time

68. There are no floppy disks today, just floppy people

69. There is no easy way to learning, learning is the way

70. Ignore what they say, but carefully watch what they do

71. Those who live in caves, die in caves

72. Silence was golden during the gold rush

73. Nobody but you will have to live with yourself

74. Death may be a public affair, but dying is definitely personal and private

75. As a man(or woman) stincketh so is s/he

76. Those who live in glass houses should look nice

77. A bird in your hand is no longer a free bird

78. Power when turned off, is powerless to corrupt the world absolutely

79. Sky is the limit, if sky is real

80. If you have a cake, you can eat it

81. If you want to be happy in bed, do not lie on it.

82. Christmas comes, but leaves every year

83. Curiosity does not kill the mouse

84. If you can’t lick them, spit on them

85. If only they could talk, every dog will have its say

86. Dead men could not talk as they lie

87. A hungry man should find a woman who could cook well

88. Where there is no will probate lawyers will have a field day

89. A friend in need should not be deserted

90. Time and tide wait for the other man

91. Guarding one’s mouth is much harder than guarding the border of a country

92. Homes have to be built, not bought and sold

93. A hungry woman should find a strong man who could satisfy her needs

94. All talk and no action make everyone unhapp

95. Intelligence and general knowledge are not the same as intelligent people would recognize

96. Artificial Intelligence is humanly impossible because it is not only a contradiction but a no brainer

97. You may be dead silent, but I hear you loud enough

98. Stinginess is a form of ugliness of the mind

99. Big fish will always eat small fish, but no one will want to eat dead fish

100.Don't hate me because I am beautiful, go get a facelift