Letters From Iwo Jima Kuribayashi Quotes & Sayings

When there wasn't a speaker, he often organized round robins. One such evening, a woman from Lead and Asbestos Information Center, Inc., had started off by announcing, "There is money to be made on lead," to a room of landlords who more often lost money trying to abate it. One landlord asked whether he would have to report the presence of asbestos to the city or the tenants if he tested for it. "No, you don't," the woman had said. — Matthew Desmond

You are the designer of your destiny; you are the author of your story. — Lisa Nichols

We've all met those who seem to radiate happiness. They seem to smile more than others; they laugh more than others - just being around them makes us happier as well. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

I feel culturally Jewish because of the way that I have lived my adult life. — Susan Jacoby

Autumn has come to northeast Montana. The vapor of one's breath, the clarity of the stars, the smell of wood smoke, the stones underfoot that even a full day of sunlight won't warm- these all say there will be no more days that can be mistaken for summer. — Larry Watson

Emerson argued that "the whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible, and they are. They want awakening, [and for that purpose they need teachers] to get the soul out of bed, out of her deep habitual sleep." That — Huston Smith

If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. — Muhammad

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

You wanted to see me?" she asked after shutting the door. She remained where she was, not daring to move any closer.
He turned his gaze from the fire crackling over the logs to face her. Those dark eyes scanned her from head to foot and when they reached her once again, they gleamed with unmistakable hunger.
"Take off your clothes," he said calmly. — Lisa Carlisle

We have a saying up here. 'Life is wasted on the living. — Douglas Adams

If you set a goal of becoming an expert in your business, you would immediately start doing all kinds of things you don't do now. — Geoff Colvin