Akijima Quotes & Sayings

It had been well known for twenty years that the distribution of large and small earthquakes followed a particular mathematical pattern, precisely the same scaling pattern that seemed to govern the distribution of personal incomes in a free-market economy. — James Gleick

Every human body has its optimum weight and contour, which only health and efficiency can establish. Whenever we treat women's bodies as aesthetic objects without function we deform them. — Germaine Greer

There's nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you're not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation - it's a result of that collision. You've got to be prepared. So, make your mistakes now and make them quickly. If you've made the mistakes, you know what to expect the next time. That's how you become valuable. — Quincy Jones

What I felt that night, and what I did, I no more expected to feel and do, than to be lifted in a trance to the seventh heaven. Cold, reluctant, apprehensive, I had accepted a part to please another: ere long, warming, becoming interested, taking courage, I acted to please myself. — Charlotte Bronte

I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies. — Kate Beckinsale

I still eat sushi, though I'm trying my best to have my last sushi roll. — Kim Basinger

Great things always happen in the life of great people. — Osunsakin Adewale

Spectators often express disfavor of fair decisions. — Helen Wills Moody

Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are about how music gets tangled up with all our other emotional memories. Since I'm an obsessive music fan, I'm always seeking out new sonic thrills. — Rob Sheffield

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness. — Os Guinness

Generative ideas emerge from joint thinking, from significant conversations, and from sustained, shared struggles to achieve new insights from partners in thought. — Vera John-Steiner

My favorite quote about entrepreneurship is that to understand an entrepreneur, you should study a juvenile delinquent. They're both saying: "This sucks and I'm going to do it another way." You have to want to break the rules and prove that your way works. — Yvon Chouinard