Mahiri Takai Quotes & Sayings

We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious sects ought not to interfere with the Government or with political parties. We believe that the cause of good government and the cause of religion suffer by all such interference. — Rutherford B. Hayes

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action. — Charles William Eliot

Wealth and reputation were the things our people had always killed for. — Madeline Miller

We fake perfect so others don't have to experience any unpleasant realities, because their life is just as fake as ours. — Bryant McGill

I find great satisfaction in the rigorous structure of the grid, but I like the organic on the grid so that there's a combination of structure and chaos. — Michelle Stuart

And into its bland merciless face what did he have to show as his proof that he deserved to live?
- Nothing but that he was afraid to die. — Rafael Yglesias

We place such demands on our partners, and become so unreasonable around them, because we have faith that someone who understands obscure parts of us, whose presence solves so many of our woes, must somehow also be able to fix everything about our lives. We exaggerate the other's powers in a curious sort of homage - heard in adult life decades down the line - to a small child's awe at their own parents' apparently miraculous capacities. To — Alain De Botton

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there — James Gibbons

When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack. — Leon Trotsky

The techniques have galloped ahead of the concepts. We have moved away from studying the complexity of the organism; from processes and organisation to composition. — James Black

I'll do anything for her. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

We could all take heart. These are the wise ones who sit in front of us, to whom we prostrate when we do prostrations. We can prostrate to them as an example of our own wisdom mind of enlightened beings, but perhaps it's also good to prostrate to them as confused, mixed-up people with a lot of neurosis, just like ourselves. They are good examples of people who never gave up on themselves and were not afraid to be themselves, who therefore found their own genuine quality and their own true nature. The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate. — Pema Chodron

I made my kids into Viking fans, so they will carry their misery with them, too. A little disappointment in life goes a long way. — Dave Goldberg

You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns? — Larry Wall

I didn't see a lot of women who looked like me on TV when I was growing up. — Kelly McCreary