"the craving just got more specific - pork fried momos at momos point :("

-Emon (What can I say...u gotta love them momos!!!)

"CA VA ???"

-Pranav Jha (Don't ask me to explain....If u get it u get it....if u don't u don't)

"koi chamatkaar ho jaaye"

-Raghav Mathur (You said it Mr Mathur...I wish for a miracle too...don't we all??)

"A n I mated."

-Chetkar Jha (The result of this process is the inimitable C Jha...or KAQA as his friends call him...Chetkar has finally revealed the secret behind the artificiality of his intelligence ;-) )

"Can't say abt status"

-Sunil Kumar (Sunil is a very literal kind of guy!!)

"lights will guide you home...www.rid-flections.blogspot.com"

-Riddhi Sharma (See!!... I'm not the only one advertising my blog from my profile :)...seriously though, reading riddhi's blog might actually make u learn something...she's formally trained in mass communication and geuinely cares abt the world...its a rare combo )

"is happy to be myself again..."

-Komal Dave (hmmm...how can people not be themselves...and then revert back?? I don't know...any answers??)

"narcissism is d road 2 nirvana"

-Ipshita Pal (Ipsi didi is usually very intelligent on things...but here she forgot a simpler way to achieve nirvana.... LOVING ME!!! :-) )

"needs a 2nd hand laptop"

-Raghav Mathur (Raghav Sir is quite an intellectual...this quote might not reflect tht...i include it here more as a marker on the changing nature of e-commerce...gmail is acting like a classifieds' 'wanted' section now.)

"....and this part of my life, this part right here, is called faith"

-Emon Goswami (Being from IIM-L, I think Emon should have more faith than he claims to have...still its lesson all of us can learn)

8.) "Lost in LOST!! "

-Kinjal Basu (Here's to the enduring power of TV Sitcoms. I wonder if watching a "Heroes" Marathon will give me superpowers...any ideas??)

6.) "GOOGLEYED"

-By Deepanker (One more area where Google has positioned itself as a contender. Of course it could just be a reference to cricket.)

1.) "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."

- Prachee Jha (I can always depend on her for an interesting take on things.)

2.) "facts are buried, conceptions surfaced. Is it really an honest embrace"

-Vick (I don't understand this but it must be something intelligent. Vick is an IITian you see)

3.) "Finally offline on gmail!!!!"

-Mayur Rustagi (I copied this while mayur's status was being shown as idle online. How he cud be online and offline simultaneously i don't profess to know..But again it might be possible.. Mayur is an IITian too!!)

4.) "waiting in exile or resting in peace???question hindu mythology...."

-Nilakkhya Dutta (Very sweet guy, one of my first friends in college..He's like a brother to me...and the only one who can doubt Ram's good intentions in agreeing to exile)

5.) "sme ppl can jst be jerks.."

-Sonam Gupta (I haven't talked to Sonam since class VI...that says something about the longevity of gmail...I include this here because sometimes the most profound truths can be the simplest)

Purpose..

Hi!! The thing about successful blogging (by which I mean blogs that get updated regularly) is that its an exercise in passion..And Passion seems to be a symptom of focussed purpose. So here's the purpose of this blog... Its an exhibition of quotes by the common person, 'Everyman' (hence the name)...There are enough quotes available from celebrities...I sometimes wonder if saying quotable things was a hobby for Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso or the inimitable George W Bush [:)]...but I think common people can and do make some remarkably wise, observant and funny statements... I'll start off with the things my friends have written in their Gtalk profiles...I hope they won't mind...Don't worry about the copyright...I won't attribute your quote to anybody else...or to annonymous (which can be worse, for some people)...of course if you don't want your names published send me an email at ferrariwise@gmail.com and I'll see what can be done....So here's another attempt at successful (read regular) blogging...I Hope you like it!!!