Jean Luke Picard Quotes & Sayings

Generally speaking, there was no other way for a woman to take down a bigger, stronger man one-on-one. This was Aomame's unshakable belief. That part of the body was the weakest point attached to - or, rather, hanging from - the creature known as man, and most of the time, it was not effectively defended. Not to take advantage of that fact was out of the question. As a woman, Aomame had no concrete idea how much it hurt to suffer a hard kick in the balls, though judging from the reactions and facial expressions of men she had kicked, she could at least imagine it. Not even the strongest or toughest man, it seemed, could bear the pain and the major loss of self-respect that accompanied it. — Haruki Murakami

contending clients in a suit, he for the proprietaries and I for the Assembly. He would, therefore, sometimes call in a friendly way to advise with me on difficult points, and sometimes, tho' not often, take — Benjamin Franklin

You can pretend to be something other than who you are but eventually you will run out of energy to continue because that's not authentically you. — Caroline Myss

On the outside, I appeared in grand shape that season. I was young and in love with a fabulous girl, hanging out at a beautiful, hip spot with true friends. But inside things were fraying and beginning to fragment. A seed of unrest lay behind my smile. — David Fitzpatrick

The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy: to expand the scale of their murder, and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission: We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September the 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe. — George W. Bush

If you battle L, you picked the wrong head
I smash mics like cornbread
You can't kill me, I was born dead — Big L

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would just be another has been. — Eric Heiden

Fiction is real life without its mask. — Michael Casher

People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. — Eric S. Raymond

The Bible is intensely practical, and one of the reasons God gave it to us is so we'll be better prepared to deal with life's problems and temptations. All too often we respond to these in ways that don't reflect Christ ... when we do that, Satan is the winner and the cause of Christ suffers. — Billy Graham

What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell. — Jenifer Lewis

A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days. — Aphra Behn

A child might possibly change his country; a man can only wish that he might change it. — Michael Oakeshott