Kihachiro Aratake Quotes & Sayings

Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money. — Phil Crosby

Magic is one thing, and reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits is another. — Terry Pratchett

In Japan, no one could dictate effectively to either army or navy. To an extraordinary degree, the two services - each with its own air force - pursued independent war policies, though the soldiers wielded much greater clout. The foremost characteristic of the army general staff, and especially of its dominant operations department, the First Bureau, was absolute indifference to the diplomatic or economic consequences of any military action. Mamoru — Max Hastings

The winner has a different memory and the loser has a different memory of the same event. Where then is the question of a shared memory? What is history? Where is the notion of a We? Unless, the victory has the grace to accept the loser into his moment of glory or the loser has the grace to accede the winner his moment of glory ? — Srividya Srinivasan

I've never felt like a woman fighting in a male world; I've never felt penalised. — Miranda Hart

Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers ... — Anna Quindlen

Stop thinking. I've stopped some 15 years ago. Otherwise, if you will be thinking you won't want to live. Everyone who thinks is unhappy. — Sergei Dovlatov

She looked like a wreck. She also looked like herself. "This is me," she said, with a sheepish smile, pushing some flyaway strands of her brown hair back into the knot. "Well, I did wonder when your sister was going to cut you off from her supply of florals and pink." "Do you miss anything, Miss Potts?" "Very little, dear. I've been alive for a hundred years or so. — Katy Regnery

True Courage is when you are afraid of something but go through with it anyway — Victor Castelo

When she finally got to the desk, the airline employee was surprisingly upbeat. "Your best bet is to Apparate."
"Sorry?"
"Just a little Harry Potter humor," he said. — Rainbow Rowell

Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple. — Tim Ferriss

Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill

For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles. — Kurt Cobain