Makiko Kobayashi Quotes & Sayings

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous. — Jerome K. Jerome

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head. — Pliny The Younger

We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads. — Voltaire

There is the story in every man's heart of human progress. I believe every one of us knows that his major job on Earth is to make some contributions, no matter how small, to this inexorable movement of human progress. — King Vidor

Frank scooted back like the disk might explode. He had an orange-juice mustache and a brownie-crumb beard that made Piper want to hand him a napkin. — Rick Riordan

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. — Paul The Apostle

Houses - the dark side silhouetted on flashes of moonlight! — William Carlos Williams

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality. — Candace Parker

To a man standing on the eve of battle, even false hope is better than none. — C.L. Wilson

I do talk like a truck driver sometimes, or I curse. What can I say? — Penny Marshall

No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull each other's legs ... To lose all of that for what? Who's got the time? I'm having great fun working. — Boman Irani

Why are there fewer and fewer gentlemen?'
'It is our fault ... it is the fault of the ladies ...
Because we have allowed men to stop behaving as gentlemen, and when you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do ...
That is well-known, I think, Mma. — Alexander McCall Smith

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure. — Patty Duke