Akong Quotes & Sayings

I am a woman committed to
a politics
of transliteration, the methodology

of a mind
stunned at the suddenly
possible shifts of meaning - for which
like amnesiacs

in a ward on fire, we must
find words
or burn. — Olga Broumas

Stupas protect beings from 5 major disasters: war, epidemic diseases, famine, pollution, n poverty. — Akong Rinpoche

He moved farther into the room and sat on a pink ruffled stool. Alex couldn't help but chuckle at the picture he made. Looking down at his seat, he joined her in laughter, saying, "Not exactly the portrait of lordliness?" She covered her smile and shook her head. "Not exactly." He — Sarah MacLean

When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong. — Khalil Gibran

Only the impossible is worth doing. — Akong Rinpoche

The Babe is here. Who's coming in second? — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

President Bush is now focusing on jobs. I think the one job he's focusing most on is his own. The White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2.6 million new jobs will be created in the U.S. this year. They say they were off by roughly 2.6 million jobs. — Jay Leno

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them. — Julie Harris

She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special. — Albert Finney

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. — Aesop