Nobuko Saito Quotes & Sayings

Inner freedom is an infrequent gift of nature and a worthy object for the individual. — Albert Einstein

our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of supreme lucidity - a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of a bold new life that we had been meant to lead all along. — Amor Towles

In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage. — Conn Iggulden

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles ... its commercial values will be limited. — Elisha Gray

Why do I feel like I'm at the edge of a hole? — Audrey Niffenegger

Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea and have had in North Korea for 10 years. In this sense, diplomacy and foreign policy and other elements of political activity have to be closely linked and have to be understood by the negotiators — Henry A. Kissinger

I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career. — Anita Hill

Story was magic. Magic was story. Memory was also story, disparate events linked together in our mind to create a narrative. — Jim C. Hines

It was because she was drinking a lot, choosing to do these things to be happy but never seeming all that happy the next day, or the one after that. — Katie Heaney

One must love a cat on its own terms. — Paul Gray

It should be needless to add that policy needs to be somewhat flexible and adaptive since war has a way of frustrating political intentions. It is a blunt instrument, and there are many reasons why cunning plans often go awry, not the least among which is the fact of an enemy with an independent will.
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of this maxim. Maxim 3 insists both that we never forget that war is about peace (see Maxim 2), and, more pointedly, that the making of peace is likely to be more difficult than the waging of war. It is a common, and somewhat understandable, error to assume that if one takes care of the fighting in an efficient manner, and the enemy is duly humbled, somehow the subsequent peace will all but take care of itself. Indeed, to go further, it is by no means unknown for professional soldiers to be less than fascinated by the political consequences of their military efforts. — Colin S. Gray

I do not fear pain. — Victoria Aveyard

A lot of people would say, to be truthful is to tell all, every dalliance, every crisis. They might be right on paper, but in practice, it's not a great way to go. — Adam Carolla

And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you- I am at rest with you- I have come home. — Dorothy L. Sayers

I wake up from dreams and go, Wow, put this down on paper. The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right there in front of your face. — Michael Jackson