Fukien Quotes & Sayings

Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream — William Shakespeare

After all the throwing up, I would starve myself. Which meant eating lettuce and water for two and a half months. I almost lost my life. — Richard Simmons

I didn't want to be driving to work everyday and sending out my Starbucks order. I didn't want to be in New York or L.A. I wanted to have space and I wanted to be in a remote place where all of us could just be ourselves and not worry about anyone trying to listen in or get in on that. I wanted to just be comfortable. I feel like being in a big city - as much as I find New York, in particular, very inspiring in a lot of ways - can also be claustrophobic. — Scarlett Johansson

A sovereign, united and strong Iraq is beneficial for everyone. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it? — Damien Hirst

Souls don't have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions. — Brian Weiss

Mimes in the form of God on high mutter and mumble low and hither and tither fly, mere puppets they who come and go. — Edgar Allan Poe

Great content inspires action. — Dane Brookes

There's the life and there's the consumer event. Everything around us tends to channel our lives toward some final reality in print or on film. Two lovers quarrel in the back of a taxi and a question becomes implicit in the event. Who will write the book and who will play the lovers in the movie? Everything seeks its own heightened version. — Don DeLillo

It's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition. — Laura Bohannan

Learn all the knowledge in the world, but your gut will always know best. — Erika Johansen

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. — Judy Garland

I never drive when I can ride," said his lordship indifferently.
"I make no doubt at all that had I been Mary Challoner you would have been glad enough to have
borne me company!"
The Marquis was snuffing one of the candles, but he looked up at that, and there was a glint in his eye.
"That, my dear, is quite another matter," he said. — Georgette Heyer

In the Fukien province of China, the Dutch learned the word tay, which means "tea" in the local dialect, and with this sound it was introduced to Europe. In fact, in Ireland and England it was pronounced tay until the start of the eighteenth century, after which the word was derived to tee and then tea - as we know it today. — Francis Amalfi

I will never forget how I have been treated here by the fans, the club and the owners, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to finish my career as a Manchester City player. — Yaya Toure

Time. Either you are for it or against it. So be here now. Not later. Do what you want to do, and with the people you love. Learn to appreciate time and make doing so a habit. And if you want to do nothing, then enjoy doing it well. Why do anything by half? Why live a life diluted? What's the use? — Carew Papritz