Jirikira Quotes & Sayings

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. — Jean De La Bruyere

In the city of flesh I travel without maps, a worried tourist: and Ottilie was a very Venice. I stumbled lost in the blue shade of her pavements. Here was a dreamy stillness, a swaying, the splash of an oar. Then, when I least expected it, suddenly I stepped out into the great square, the sunlight, and she was a flock of birds scattering with soft cries in my arms. — John Banville

Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast. — Benmont Tench

Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education. — Liza Mundy

Drunkenness is deplorably destructive, but her demurer sister Gluttony destroys a hundred to her one. — William Kitchiner

Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often seeks to satisfy his perceived and ultimately false psychological needs, such as his need for self-display, luxuries and the like. Twenty percent of humanity consumes eighty percent of the world's wealth and is accountable for an equal percentage of the world's ecological catastrophes. — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Of Constantinople

America is at war. Our enemy is not violent extremism. It is not some unnamed malevolent force. It is radical Islamic terrorist. — Ted Cruz

Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won. — Denis Waitley

Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest personal weakness suddenly appears to be a strength. — David James Duncan

The truth does 2 things: either hurts or sets you free. It's up to you to decide which one! — Yushekia Mason

When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification. — Bat For Lashes

I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work. — Park Geun-hye

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case. — Jayson Blair

Sit down and hold your tongue as I bid you for if I once begin to lay my hands about you, though all heaven were on your side it would profit you nothing. — Homer

If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. You must practice constantly. — Miyamoto Musashi