Nikkei Futures Quotes & Sayings

I know I can make my mark on this world, and not because of my last name - but because of my own talent. — Alexandra Monir

The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe. — John Muir

We had the whole 'when you assume you make an ass out of you and me' speech in school. — Jonathan Maberry

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi) — Darren Shan

We have what we can hold, dear boy, and never let them see you flinch or falter. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and Barbarians. I am not interested in the descendance of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek worse than a Barbarian. If differences ever develop between you never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator. — Alexander The Great

If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone. — Roberto Bolano

It was dawn by the time the detective showed up; tired and weary. Tired because he'd been called from his bed before dawn, weary because he'd spent his life looking at the bad side of human nature and that wasn't going to change. — Alan Furst

I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position. — Joy Behar

I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked. — Carl Hiaasen

Place, time, life, death, earth, heaven are divisions and distinctions we make, like the imaginary lines we trace upon the surface of the globe. — Fanny Kemble

It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it. — Charles Caleb Colton

The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced. — Fernand Point

The same river can never be crossed twice. The flowing water has no memory of footprints. — Robert McCammon

That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite. — Robert Lanza