Sri Lanka Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Sri Lanka.
Top Quotes
“Presidents of Sri Lanka”
“This is not a multireligious country. This is a Sinhalese country.”
“Wikipedia: Sri Lanka”
“Wikivoyage: Sri Lanka”
“Now we are vacating our backyard for the Chinese to rebuild all of a booming post-war Sri Lanka”
“Wikisource: Portal:Sri Lanka”
“Wikicommons: Sri Lanka”
“Wiktionary: Sri Lanka”
“Wikiversity: Topic:Sri Lankan history”
“Every day for the last 30 years people were dying... so we have stopped it, we will take our time and we will investigate into 30 years of war,”
“So many people in Sri Lanka would not have had the opportunity for independent living had it not been for his [Robert Burns] continued efforts.”
“As far as tourists are concerned they have various destinations they can choose for their holiday. No tourist will come to a country where violence is taking place.”
“We have been a country where people just came in and went out. And that was a very, very healthy way of running our tourism. So this is new to Sri Lanka. So we are anxious to see how it works.”
“Sri Lanka will have to ‘swim upstream’ as the external global environment becomes more hostile and funds flow out of developing countries and China’s economy becomes unstable”
“Less than seven percent of Sri Lanka’s population now lives in poverty, but there is still a lot of work to be done for the country to eradicate it completely and secure long-term economic prosperity”
“Had he come we would have been really happy. This decision is taken because of [India's] internal political reasons, but it will not affect the success of this programme, we don't think it is a problem.”
““Warm, friendly people.” The hackneyed phrase flows easily from the travel writer’s pen when describing Sri Lanka. So, too, does ‘tropical paradise’ and, I must confess, those were words I used when I visited the country first in 1980.”
“Sri Lanka’s biggest threat in 2006 was from Pakistan. In 2010 Sri Lanka’s main rivals were India. This year Sri Lanka possesses a fine team and has been practicing hard. Not having enough time to train has been the main draw back. We hope to give a strong challenge at the SAG”
“The extremists in the south and the north have caused the loss of thousands of young lives ... We must ensure reconciliation and harmony so that we will never go back to war. I believe now, through our past bitter experiences, we must prepare ourselves for future challenges,”