Hiroo Tominaga Quotes & Sayings

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol. — Francesca Annis

We are on dangerous terrain when government picks winners and losers in the economy by subsidizing favored products and industries. — Charles Koch

But the thing about my granddad is ... it's kind of hard to convince him people won't just do the right thing. You hate to say anything that sounds hostile or untrusting or small-hearted around him. You feel like he'd be disappointed in you. — Joe Hill

The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything. — George R R Martin

A rapist, by definition, is only interested in gratifying his own desires. A rapist doesn't care what a woman wants. If he did, he wouldn't rape. - — Jon Krakauer

My love can be easily bought with a steak from Peter Luger's. — Jami Attenberg

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering. — Jane Austen

If they are morbidly obese, then you can conclude that they will probably eat everything and anything and do not have discerning taste. — Jim Gaffigan

Struggle is not optional - it's neurologically required: in order to get your skill circuit to fire optimally, you must by definition fire the circuit suboptimally; you must make mistakes and pay attention to those mistakes; you must slowly teach your circuit. You must also keep firing that circuit - i.e., practicing - in order to keep myelin functioning properly. After all, myelin is living tissue. — Daniel Coyle

It seems to me that we generally do not have a correct measure of our own wisdom. — R.K. Narayan