Kotsanis Institute Quotes & Sayings

One thing that affects the event is where I'm at physically. — Jai Uttal

Lha Gyal Lo! (Victory to the gods) — Dalai Lama XIV

When Harper was in among the stones she could see brass plaques screwed into the towering pillars of granite. One listed the names of seventeen boys who had died in the mud of eastern France during the First World War. Another listed the names of thirty-four boys who had died on the beaches of western France during the Second. Harper thought all tombstones should be this size, that the small blocks to be found in most graveyards did not even begin to express the sickening enormity of losing a virgin son, thousands of miles away, in the muck and cold. You needed something so big you felt it might topple over and crush you. — Joe Hill

Mamma, don't you see -- you shouldn't hit me. He shouldn't hit me. You shouldn't hit me about God, Mamma. You should never hit anybody about God . . . . — Philip Roth

What twists or rage greater than we could ever guess had savaged skylines, thousands of lives? — Naomi Shihab Nye

Actually, we chose the name Sun Cellular because we believe the name 'Sun' is bright, forward-looking and optimistic. It is my sincere hope that the whole Philippines will share our positive outlook, optimism and faith in the country's future. — John Gokongwei

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.' — Lesley Manville

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. — Arthur Schopenhauer

You could believe that Sinbad could fight a skeleton because that's from a period in the past, a magical period. But if you had James Bond fighting a skeleton, it'd be almost comical. — Ray Harryhausen

I want to stay hidden in this apartment forever. I want to be kept like a house cat. — Nic Sheff

Every time I move I squash something said Loathesome. — Norman Mailer

Nine people out of ten (in Germany and England, perhaps ten people) would rather wait for their rights than fight for their rights. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

Beauty makes life easier. People want to do things for you. They want to marry you and pay for everything. — Jerry Hall

He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest. — Frederick Douglass