Fransizca Aylar Quotes & Sayings

Apparently, a week Japan was laughable; but a strong Japan was immediately transformed into the prime example of a "Yellow Peril". Might Japan forever be stuck in a kind of no man's land between East and West, not allowed to assimilate into the international order of the Western nations as an equal, forever grouped with the countries of the East among which she felt herself superior, and respected fully by neither group? — Charles Emmerson

I don't care about being happy. Only about being the best. — Sona Charaipotra

I am an American. I love this country. — Paul Tsongas

I mean, I guess it's just me who argues that; but I'm very vocal. — Randall Munroe

If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image. — Francis Bacon

I don't hold back when I make love, Freckles, and I'll make sure you don't, so this is neither the place nor time to make you mine. — Ednah Walters

Those who are overreached by our cunning are far from appearing to us as ridiculous as we appear to ourselves when the cunning of others has overreached us. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

An example of how a viral transmission is different than normal information transmission can be illustrated thusly: if information were spread in a memetic fashion, it would infect a subject, and, were the information's traits conducive to the information's survival, then the subject would accept the idea. This is strongly contrasted with information theory, in which the information is accepted based on how useful it is to an individual, e.g. the idea is accepted because it helps the subject survive if they accept it. Viruses, being obligate parasites, do not always help their host (in this case, the subject) survive. — Idav Kelly

Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president. — Kurt Vonnegut

You don't need a modeling campaign to be beautiful to me," said Micah gallantly. — Richelle Mead

I can imagine him smirking right now. — LeAnn Ashers

Rick stared at him. "Your brother is an alien."
"Yeah, but he's a cute one. — Mira Grant

This, said Squealer, was something called tactics. He repeated a number of times, "Tactics, comrades, tactics!" skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions. — George Orwell

Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke — P. J. O'Rourke

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him. — Dylan Thomas