Hitoshi Matsumoto Quotes & Sayings

Lovers have an ineffable instinct which detects the presence of rivals. — Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling And Bulwer

Philosophy deals in the abstract and the universal, but not in the particular. History deals only in the particular, not with general principles. Poetry deals with both, illustrating universal principles with particular examples or embodiments of those principles:
Now doth the peerless poet perform both: for whatsoever the philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it in someone by whom he presupposeth it was done; so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example.
Another advantage poetry has over philosophy is greater clarity:
the philosopher teacheth, but he teacheth obscurely, so as the learned only can understand him; that is to say, he teacheth them that are already taught. But the poet is the food for the tenderest stomachs, the poet is indeed the right popular philosopher.
Essentially, poetry shows history more brilliantly than history, and explains philosophy more cogently than philosophy. — Philip Sidney

You can't call a ninja lord dweeb. — Rick Riordan

He who hates vice hates men. — John Morley

It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not. — Carey Mulligan

My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera. — Stefano Langone

Christian hypocrites who pretend to hate life and love death. He may talk about the soul-what he is after is the girl Love means suffering-those who love drag a chain with them. To her it was not a belief but a certainty Trifling incident gains importance when undue emphasis is laid. — Georg Ebers

A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection. — Chris Kilham

Finn grabbed a menu and started scanning through the choices, even though he'd memorized them all long ago. — Jennifer Estep

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. — Larry McMurtry

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. — Seneca The Younger

At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker. — Kevin Mitnick

I may not have the power to change the entire world, but I can change my own. Don't let the world get to you. Yours is yours, theirs is theirs, and yours is the one that matters most. — Elizabeth Clements