--- title: "14 Life Quotes By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne" description: "14 Life quotes by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne. Plus more from Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_bodies_discrimination-is-not-just-racial-now-it_28828.jpg" --- > [“Discrimination is not just racial now. It’s also about the kind of body parts you have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/discrimination-is-not-just-racial-now-it-s-also-about-the-kind-of/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_bodies_discrimination-is-not-just-racial-now-it_28828.jpg) > [“Funerals are for the living, not for the dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/funerals-are-for-the-living-not-for-the-dead/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_dead_funerals-are-for-the-living-not-for-the_3065420.jpg) > [“This book is a story, and like all stories, it should be taken with a grain of salt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/this-book-is-a-story-and-like-all-stories-it-should-be-taken-with-a/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_book_this-book-is-a-story-and-like-all-storie_1245788.jpg) > [“Sometimes respect is as hard a currency as money is”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/sometimes-respect-is-as-hard-a-currency-as-money-is/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_life_sometimes-respect-is-as-hard-a-currency_983563.jpg) > [“On some days it felt like we owned the Earth, and the only place left to expand to was the next planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/on-some-days-it-felt-like-we-owned-the-earth-and-the-only-place-left/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_ambition_on-some-days-it-felt-like-we-owned-the-e_1672938.jpg) > [“Every New Yorker thinks they’re automatically better than everyone else in every other city on the planet: even their unnems were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/every-new-yorker-thinks-they-re-automatically-better-than-everyone/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_life_every-new-yorker-thinks-they-re-automati_1234551.jpg) > [“Familiarity may breed contempt; but perhaps it would be more truthful to say that familiarity breeds blindness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/familiarity-may-breed-contempt-but-perhaps-it-would-be-more-truthful/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_contempt_familiarity-may-breed-contempt-but-perha_2748133.jpg) > [“What strange and thoughtless creatures we were, back in those days. We would go up to the rooftops to smoke, Wurth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/what-strange-and-thoughtless-creatures-we-were-back-in-those-days-we/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_ambition_what-strange-and-thoughtless-creatures-w_741913.jpg) > [“We would sneer sometimes at how pointless it all was, all those bourgeois souls wrapping themselves in luxury, isolating themselves from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/we-would-sneer-sometimes-at-how-pointless-it-all-was-all-those/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_ambition_we-would-sneer-sometimes-at-how-pointles_2377741.jpg) > [“I have never seen anyone drink like he did. To say he drank with a vengeance is almost understating it: it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/i-have-never-seen-anyone-drink-like-he-did-to-say-he-drank-with-a/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_alcohol_i-have-never-seen-anyone-drink-like-he-d_1465581.jpg) > [“We have every piece of data on 200 million people,” he said, ticking off his fingers. “We have their bank accounts. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/we-have-every-piece-of-data-on-200-million-people-he-said-ticking-off/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_bank-account_we-have-every-piece-of-data-on-200-milli_3109573.jpg) > [“I have always loved being behind the camera. I love how it sets you apart in a crowd, so that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/i-have-always-loved-being-behind-the-camera-i-love-how-it-sets-you/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_communication_i-have-always-loved-being-behind-the-cam_2816348.jpg) > [“This is the Number. It is in the things we do, the people we meet, the ID cards that we carry. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/this-is-the-number-it-is-in-the-things-we-do-the-people-we-meet-the/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_credit-card_this-is-the-number-it-is-in-the-things-w_872045.jpg) > [“here was a particular kind of energy in those early days, something I've only really found in startups. 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