Hayashi Japanese Quotes & Sayings

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis. — Upton Sinclair

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character. — Sara Sheridan

To live long, live slowly. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing. — Lauren Groff

Although eBay is a fantastic tool for collectors who want to buy or sell, you really have to have knowledge of items before you embark. — Judith Miller

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America. — Tim Lee

Your daily choices and actions should be rational and productive — Sunday Adelaja

When I arrived, they had to move out because the landlord allowed dogs but not babies. — George W. Bush

& we cannot separate the roof from the heart
from the trees that were there, standing.
& so it is, when I say "night,"
it is your name I am calling,
when I say "field,"
your thousand, thousand names,
your million names. — Aracelis Girmay

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough. — Jihan El-Tahri

Real friends, are really hard to come by. — Anthony Liccione

The mother's and father's attitudes toward the child correspond to the child's own needs ... Mother has the function of making himsecure in life, father has the function of teaching him, guiding him to cope with those problems with which the particular society the child has been born into confronts him. — Erich Fromm

Everything is subjective in the human mind. Our emotions, our opinions, they're all relative. It all depends on perspective. — Jasmine Warga

Self-transformation is not just about changing yourself. It means shifting yourself to a completely new dimension of experience and perception. — Jaggi Vasudev