Kohari Umino Quotes & Sayings

My faith is a very important part of my life. I do not feel that I have become president of this country by accident, but that I have been chosen because nobody can accuse me of favouring the Albanian Muslims or the Orthodox. — Boris Trajkovski

I think I might have seen pride in Dad's eyes. Or maybe it was just a gleam of Why is my offspring so insane? — Rachel Hawkins

Where there is a tacit convention that principles are not to be disputed; where the discussion of the greatest questions which can occupy humanity is considered to be closed, we cannot hope to find that generally high scale of mental activity which has made some periods of history so remarkable. — John Stuart Mill

I'm the kind of person who becomes silent when I get scared, because I hope Death will not notice me if I am very still and very quiet. It has worked well so far. — Mindy Kaling

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze. — Jill Soloway

This society of 'creatures that once were men' had one fine characteristic - no one of them endeavored to make out that he was better than the others, nor compelled the others to acknowledge his superiority. — Maxim Gorky

Surround yourself with people strong enough to change your mind. — John Wooden

Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're carrying on your shoulders. — Ann-Marie MacDonald

Because if you had confidence enough to try something, you had to have courage enough to fail. — Nora Roberts

The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads an opal canopy. Home-bound, the drifting cloud-crafts rest Where sunset ambers all the west ... — Robert Loveman

A tendency toward the abstract is inherent in linear expression: graphic imagery being confined to outlines has a fairy-like quality and at the same time can achieve great precision. — Paul Klee