A QUOTA OF QUOTES by Desmond Kelly “Star of e’Lanka” Thousands of “quotes”, spoken by both the famous and notorious people around the World, some perennial, most of them long-forgotten, except by those interested in the “subject”for the purpose of reiterating these “sayings” if and when the need arises. It is no secret that I do love the English Language. I speak now of the “Queen’s English”, a Language that was the “primary” one during the halcyon days of my formative years in Ceylon, the Island in which I was born. I spent only twenty six years there, having to “leave” reluctantly for the very reason that my favourite “subject” English was suddenly changed into being the “2nd Language” of the Country. Although I was considered to be “very good” at my “Sinhala”(made up for that by being terrible at Maths), just before I left the Royal Ceylon Navy in ...