Alexanderson System Quotes & Sayings

Mono no aware, my son, is an empathy with the universe. — Ken Liu

North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting. — Barbara Demick

The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. ... The patent system protects the institutions which favor invention. — Ernst Alexanderson

I think the first half of my 20s I felt I had to achieve, achieve, achieve. A lot of men do this. I'm looking around now and I'm like, Where am I running? — Justin Timberlake

Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning. — Friedrich Schiller

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir — Khaled Hosseini

He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson. — Doc Severinsen

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle. They have a great running back - they have a great group of running backs - but Lynch obviously is really kind of in a class by himself. The quarterback's a problem, the receivers are a problem, they have a good offensive line. — Bill Belichick

We ... live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste for the finest music. And, likewise, we're in a world that's so attuned to the now that we need to permit people to be more attuned to the best music of all ages. — Neal A. Maxwell

We should think of Earth as our sun. We all revolve around it, and it exerts a huge drag on us. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Creating ideas that spread and connecting the disconnected are the two pillars of our new society, and both of them require the posture of the artist. — Seth Godin

I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life. — Elaine Pagels