Kh Riku Quotes & Sayings

Korzybski argued that language must be viewed as a map, which is useful only insofar as it is similar to the world it describes. He stressed the importance of questioning the unconscious assumptions built into our language, and urged a response to life on the basis of fresh, "first order" experience rather than the old experiences that have been crystallized in words and concepts. — Timothy O'Reilly

What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst. — Stieg Larsson

It is difficult for gods to walk the earth without taking the forms of beasts. — Walker Percy

Patience, then, believer, eternity will right the wrongs of time. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing. — John Cage

Every time I go to sleep, I know I may never wake up. How could anyone expect to? You drop your tiny, helpless mind into a bottomless well, crossing your fingers and hoping when you pull it out on its flimsy fishing wire it hasn't been gnawed to bones by nameless beasts below. — Isaac Marion

There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country. — Bob Feller

America slept because most Americans preferred it that way. — Ferdinand Mount

Faith was certain they were breaking several telecommunications laws. Laws that in some states might well count as pornography and probably carried a mandatory prison sentence. Faith was a law abiding citizen. She prided herself on that. She didn't litter, she didn't cheat on her taxes and she gave up her seat for little old ladies and gentlemen on the bus. She'd never even jaywalked.
And she lived in New York for Christ's sake!
But then his hand reached down and fondled his balls. — Amy Andrews

With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm. — Alexander Pushkin

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams. — Mark Messier

It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you. — Jodi Picoult