Himatsuri Quotes & Sayings

The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. — Bob Verdi

A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves. — Patton Oswalt

The behaviour of the English people I had run into was making it very difficult to nail down a theory that the reason my trip so far had been such a bizarre success, was that Irish people were crazy. One Englishman had spent a morning on the telephone trying to organise a helicopter to take me out to an island, when a boat was leaving only a few yards away, and here was another, making a two-hour round trip for no reason other than to lend a helping hand. Two of the more eccentric pieces of behaviour hadn't been performed by the Irish, but by my fellow countrymen. However, both Andy and Tony had embraced wholeheartedly a love of the Irish way of living life. — Tony Hawks

A gullible dreamer is better than an expert doubter. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Just as evolution is a series of trial-and-error experiments, life is full of false starts and inevitable stumbling. The key to success is the ability to extract the lessons out of each of these experiences and to move on with that new knowledge. For — Tina Seelig

The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year. — Davy Jones

Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States. — Pete Sampras

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child. — Dogen

There is a reason for the affected profession of " anarchist sympathies" among Tories and grandees, and of " libertarian principles" by Hobbesian yahoos of the right. Among the former, one sees the upholding of the view that a gentleman's business and property are his own, and none of the government's. Among the latter, a distaste for democracy, for taxation, and for the need to consult others about the planet. — Christopher Hitchens

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions. — Carole Bouquet

Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence. — Uwe Reinhardt

Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the 1908 Games men outnumbered women 53 to 1. — Donna De Varona

I don't know ... I think I'm quite extreme ... When I act, I have to immerse myself into the character ... otherwise I can't act ... In my private life it's the same ... I think. — Doona Bae

Just advertising departments with legs and high heels. — Richard Avedon

I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look. — Cameron Russell