Mariko Yashida Quotes & Sayings

I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made. I think, if anything, the Facebook story is a great example of how if you're building a product that people love you can make a lot of mistakes — Mark Zuckerberg

I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it. — Stephen Chbosky

In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion. — Bryant H. McGill

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. — Washington Allston

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It's not that you say, 'I want to write a science fiction book.' You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it. — Doris Lessing

Things get better everyday you stay alive
then I'm amazed
every day
that the sun decides to rise
every minute, every hour, is another
chance to change
life is beautiful & terrible & strange. — Johnette Napolitano

Only those with passion can become masters. — Victor Niederhoffer

Children came running with their mothers' scissors, or the carving knife, or the paternal razor, or anything else that lacked an edge (except, indeed, poor Clifford's wits) that the grinder might apply the article to his magic wheel, and give it back as good as new. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table. — Pierce Brosnan

Where there is anger, apply loving kindness. Where there is evil, offer good. Where there is stinginess, be generous. Where there are lies, be truthful. — Thich Nhat Hanh

[Bachelors'] approach to gastronomy is basically sexual, since few of them under seventy-nine will bother to produce a good meal unless it is for a pretty woman. — M.F.K. Fisher