Issa Quotes & Sayings

The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money. — Darrell Issa

Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet. — Darrell Issa

Is it good or bad?" she asked Issa. The wrong question, she knew. She just couldn't help herself.
"It's both, sweet girl," said Issa. "like everything. — Laini Taylor

I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform. — Darrell Issa

The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition. — Issa Rae

It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption. — Darrell Issa

Take a nap
Making the mountain water
Pound the rice. — Kobayashi Issa

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. — Darrell Issa

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story. — Issa Rae

You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to private schools, you know, encountered different people who think that it's OK to make comments, insensitive comments about your race because they're joking. And think that if they're joking and they say it, you know, good-naturedly, that things will fly. — Issa Rae

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity. — Kobayashi Issa

I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read. — Darrell Issa

Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else is out there - 'Is there something else besides this type of humor?' 'I'm tired of seeing men in dresses.' — Issa Rae

It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question how 'down' I am because of the bleak, stereotypical picture pop culture has painted for me as a black woman? Unacceptable. — Issa Rae

You're my life, Eris. You're all that I want. I live for you. — Issa Vera

There is an expression here on Capitol Hill," Issa told me. "'Don't ever get between a member and a camera.'" That can be particularly harrowing in the case of Issa, who had purchased a T-shirt for Bardella that said: "It's all about me. — Mark Leibovich

This dewdrop world
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet - — Kobayashi Issa

You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job. — Darrell Issa

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly. — Darrell Issa

Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas. — Kobayashi Issa

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence. — Darrell Issa

Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward in mainstream media ... Black people are always portrayed to be cool or overly dramatic, anything but awkward. — Issa Rae

Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack. — Darrell Issa

Don't weep, insects
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part. — Kobayashi Issa

I personally don't feel any pressure to make jokes about multiple baby-fathers and stereotypical black jokes, because one, that's just not my life, and two, I wouldn't even sound right talking about those things. — Issa Rae

Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands. — Darrell Issa

From that woman on the beach, dusk pours out across the evening waves. ISSA — Richard Flanagan

I've said my patience is not infinite. — Darrell Issa

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son. — Darrell Issa

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle. — Darrell Issa

If there was a blog with five listeners or viewers, I had to be on it. Now I have to be on fewer media, but more substantive media. — Darrell Issa

Everyone has a past. — Darrell Issa

Here
I'm here-
the snow falling. — Kobayashi Issa

Hi! My little hut
Is newly-thatched I see ...
Blue morning-glories — Kobayashi Issa

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want. — Issa Rae

Reflected
in the dragonfly's eye --
mountains. — Kobayashi Issa

I like that he calls her Issa, which I'm assuming is short for Allysa. I think about my own name and if I'll ever find a guy who could shorten it into a sickeningly cute nickname. Illy.
Nope. Not the same — Colleen Hoover

I can't tell you the amount we plan to invest in new acquisitions because that will depend on the opportunities that become available to us. — Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say. — Kobayashi Issa

Kien, talking with Akabe, caught Ela's glance and grinned, luring her thoughts toward him. Gorgeous man! How dare he distract her?
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Akabe turned and saw what-or rather who-had distracted Kien mid-sentence. He should have known. And he understood. If Caitria had cast him such a loving smile, Akabe would have abandoned this impromptu conference altogether. But Caitria petted Issa, ignoring everyone else. Therefore...
Akabe backhanded Kien's shoulder. "Stop flirting with your wife and pay attention!"
Kien shot him a mock-threatening look. "I am your servant, sir."
A headstrong and unexpected servant, Akabe agreed silently. But most welcome. — R.J. Larson

Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings ... Amble out for love — Kobayashi Issa

Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes — Kobayashi Issa

To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No sooner do they see the light of the world, stretching their longing heads out from the cracks in the snow, than they are instantly nipped off. For these plants isn't the sorrow as deep as that of the child's parents whose child had accidentally died? They say everything in the plant and tree kingdom attains Buddhahood. Then they, too, must have Buddha-nature. — Kobayashi Issa

The story of Issa, the eighteenth-century Haiku poet from Japan. Through a succession of sad events, his wife and all his five children died. Grieving each time, he went to the Zen Master and received the same consolation: "Remember the world is dew." Dew is transient and ephemeral. The sun rises and the dew is gone. So too is suffering and death in this world of illusion, so the mistake is to become too engaged. Remember the world is dew. Be more detached, and transcend the engagement of mourning that prolongs the grief. After one of his children died, Issa went home unconsoled, and wrote one of his most famous poems. Translated into English it reads, The world is dew. The world is dew. And yet. And yet. — Os Guinness

Where there are difficulties, there will always be opportunities. — Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. — Darrell Issa

It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was also chubby, into boys who weren't into me, and tried too hard to fit into this 'blackness' I was supposed to be. — Issa Rae

On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew ... so dear, So fresh, so fleeting — Kobayashi Issa

I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce other content for other minority filmmakers and put their voices on screen and basically be able to have free range to produce. — Issa Rae

I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am. — Darrell Issa

'Awkward Black Girl' is spreading to all the right people because of word of mouth and social networks. I'm so grateful. — Issa Rae

Hey sparrows
no pissing on my old
winter quilt! — Kobayashi Issa

Before the gate
my walking stick's made a river of melting snow — Kobayashi Issa

The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet
— Kobayashi Issa

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel. — Kobayashi Issa

I wouldn't be anywhere without the Internet. — Issa Rae

Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers. — Kobayashi Issa

Karou was plagued by the notion that she wasn't whole. She didn't know what this meant, but it was a lifelong feeling, a sensation akin to having forgotten something. She'd tried describing it to Issa once, when she was a girl. It's like you're standing in the kitchen, and you know you went in there for a reason, but you can't think of what that reason is, no matter what. — Laini Taylor

The web presents an opportunity to showcase any character your sick mind desires. Want to create a cross-dressing, deaf/mute, corrupt politician who has a soft spot for saving children? Go for it! — Issa Rae

A world of grief and pain
Flowers bloom
Even then — Kobayashi Issa

I don't like to be overexposed. Too many articles, too many tweets, too many posts, I just don't like that. But at the same time, we live in a culture where that's almost necessary. People want content and they want their stuff when they want it. — Issa Rae

A world of dew and within every dewdrop a world of struggle. ISSA — Richard Flanagan

I think that television and the web are fusing anyway, so I think that ultimately whatever I do, I'm going to blend the two forms. — Issa Rae

Even with insects - some can sing, some can't. — Kobayashi Issa

Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining. — Darrell Issa

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger. — Kobayashi Issa

Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends of all ethnicities, and we would carelessly skip around our elementary school like the powerless version of Captain Planet's Planeteers. — Issa Rae

Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs. — Darrell Issa

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder. — Issa Rae

I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on ... We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people ... [i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes. — Darrell Issa

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!' — Issa Rae

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience. — Kobayashi Issa

Dry creek
glimpsed
by lightning — Kobayashi Issa

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking. — Issa Rae

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media. — Issa Rae

My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to be black at Stanford University. I'm black and I went to Stanford. Boom. Easy. — Issa Rae

I'm transitioning to television and film, but ultimately, I want to have a stronger presence on the web and be able to curate the content that I want to see. To bring attention to other filmmakers and writers. — Issa Rae

O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly! — Kobayashi Issa

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life. — Darrell Issa

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success. — Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

Don't kill! ...
The fly is asking you
To save his life
By rubbing his hands together — Kobayashi Issa

As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black' choices. For example, joining the swim team when it is a known fact that 'black folk don't swim'; or choosing to become a vegetarian when blacks clearly love chicken. — Issa Rae

It was brave," countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful. — Laini Taylor

Issa knelt down in front of her, taking her hands in his. Until the end of time, I will love you. You are the moon in my endless night. I have never abandoned this world, even when I desperately wanted to, and I will never leave you, either. — Lisa Kessler

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today. — Darrell Issa

Every time I'm recognized in public, I'm super grateful and appreciative, but I also get hot and nervous. — Issa Rae

I think that just because the show is titled 'Awkward Black Girl' and it is a predominantly black cast doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to relate to these people. We're all human beings. We all essentially go through the same things when it comes down to it, so I don't I think that should limit who watches it. — Issa Rae

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance. — Issa Rae

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact. — Darrell Issa

I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like. — Jason Chaffetz

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. — Darrell Issa

The Internet has provided small communities for racism online, and people feel free to do it. Ultimately, there should be some consequence - if you promote your racism online then there should be a consequence. — Issa Rae

Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend. — Darrell Issa

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at. — Issa Rae

Politics is cyclical. — Darrell Issa

You know, even with the 'Awkward Black Girl' episodes, they come out once a month. That's great for me, it's comfortable, it gives each time to digest, time for new people to get on to it and caught up, but oftentimes I have people who are almost demanding a higher output from me. — Issa Rae

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns. — Darrell Issa

There is no stranger under the cherry tree. — Kobayashi Issa

People are tired of mainstream media's limited and confined portrayal of people of color. — Issa Rae

Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it? — Kobayashi Issa