Milasian Quotes & Sayings

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies. — Stan Sakai

Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?" — Stephen Covey

Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money. — Edwidge Danticat

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him. — Ernest Holmes

Life without cause is a life without effect. — Paulo Coelho

Take away the robots and the special effects, and Star Wars is just the simple story of a group of friends planning a terrorist attack. — Dana Gould

Envy is not to be conquered but by death. — Horace

When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He's responsible for my favorite New Year's memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. — Elayne Boosler

Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. — Sophie Swetchine

People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set. — Josh Fox

In life we have to size up the chances and calculate the possible risks and our ability to deal with them and then make our plans accordingly. — Freya North

But my very latest discovery made me feel better. I had found that every rooster has his own Spain and he has it under his feathers. — Nikolai Gogol

Paul McCartney has a voice that can do anything! — Phil Spector

Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something. — Iyanla Vanzant

I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short. — Simone De Beauvoir