Gwok Fu Quotes & Sayings

The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding
which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together
blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author ... — Lemony Snicket

I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me. — Pranab Mukherjee

Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction, and certainly not in isolation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. — Confucius

I am a bit of a jokester, not as much as some others, but I get along with most everyone I work with. — Cameron West

Buy yourself some time. Interrupt the 'yes' cycle, using phrases like "I'll get back to you," then consider your options. — Auliq Ice

The 'Memphis Avalanche' reports that the Professor's course met with pretty general approval in the community; knowing that the law was powerless, in the actual condition of public sentiment, to protect him, he protected himself. — Mark Twain

Never tell me the sky is the limit when the zoning code clearly imposes a stricter limit. — Paul Brandt

I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. — Dan Harmon