Kawamitsu Family Quotes & Sayings

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out. — Virginia Postrel

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil. — Richard Bach

You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I am sure that such a thing would be quite shocking! And Charles would not do so either, would you, dear Charles?"(Elizabeth Ombersley)
"No, certainly not. But neither would I consent to her marriage with any such frippery fellow as Augustus Fawnhope!"
"Augustus," announced Cecilia, putting up her chin, "will be remembered long after you have sunk into oblivion!"
"By his creditors? I don't doubt it. — Georgette Heyer

Yet weakness - or neediness - is a valuable asset in God's community. Jesus introduced a new era in which weakness is the new strength. Anything that reminds us that we are dependent on God and other people is a good thing. Otherwise, we trick ourselves into thinking that we are self-sufficient, and arrogance is sure to follow. We need help, and God has given us his Spirit and each other to provide it. — Edward T. Welch

... out here in "the real world," every day was sort of like the one before. I guess that's why people freaked out about birthdays: Those at least put a stake in the ground, somehow ended one chapter and opened a next. — David Rosen

Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention. — Howard Schultz

Imagine! It is the real power of a book
not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature. — Matthew Pearl

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson

The narrating voice that tells 'Middlemarch' is just as much a made-up character as Dorothea or Mr. Casaubon. — Philip Pullman

Those handsome ones, their heads just ain't screwed on right sometimes. They think the world revolves around them and them alone. — Christine Bush