Brandon Li Oda Quotes & Sayings

That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary. — George Mason

When you blame others you are effectively proclaiming that you are only response to stimuli. — Bryant McGill

Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done. — Donald L. Hicks

I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me! — Robert Browning

I like pulling on a baggy bee suit, forgetting myself and getting as close to the bees' lives as they will let me, remembering in the process that there is more to life than the merely human. — Sue Hubbell

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do. — Colin Hay

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. — Harry S. Truman

I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes. — Michael Lehmann

I want you to stay with me," he said. "And that's the problem. Every time you leave me, I need you a little bit more. — Karina Halle

Her forehead met her knee and the solidity of the contact was a relief. The hardness of her kneecap, its cool certainty when pressed against her hot and racing head, was reassuring, almost like contact with another person, a calmer person than she was, older and wiser and more suited to the tasks that lay at hand. — Kate Morton

He was in Guanajuato, Mexico, he was a writer, and tonight was the Day of the Dead ceremony. He was in a little room on the second floor of a hotel, a room with wide windows and a balcony that overlooked the plaza where the children ran and yelled each morning. He heard them shouting now. And this was Mexico's Death Day. There was a smell of death all through Mexico you never got away from, no matter how far you went. No matter what you said or did, not even if you laughed or drank, did you ever get away from death in Mexico. No car went fast enough. No drink was strong enough.
("The Candy Skull") — Ray Bradbury