Hyakka Ryoran Quotes & Sayings

This, of course, is because today's postfeminist era is also today's postmodern era, in which supposedly everybody now knows everything about what's really going on underneath all the semiotic codes and cultural conventions, and everybody supposedly knows what paradigms everybody is operating out of, and so we're all as individuals held to be far more responsible for our sexuality, since everything we do is now unprecedentedly conscious and informed. — David Foster Wallace

In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes in the structure of portfolios from occurring. What they can do is keep the asset-equity ratio of banks within bounds by setting equity-absorption ratios for various types of assets. If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy. — Hyman Minsky

I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered. — Richard C. Armitage

When I assert that Islam is not a religion of peace I do not mean that Islamic belief makes Muslims naturally violent. This is manifestly not the case: there are many millions of peaceful Muslims in the world. What I do say is that the call to violence and the justification for it are explicitly stated in the sacred texts of Islam. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another perspective on the news that the American market is in need for. — Wadah Khanfar

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. — Jean De La Bruyere

I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it. — Nicolas Winding Refn

A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough. — Morton Blackwell