Nobuyasu Okabayashi Quotes & Sayings

The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy. — Philip Yancey

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything. — John Elway

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'. — Leo Burnett

He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio programs. He persuaded CBS to dedicate "The School of the Air" for one year to American folk music. He'd get some old sailor to sing an old sea shanty with a cracked voice. Then he'd get me to sing it with my banjo. — Pete Seeger

The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done. — George Robertson, Baron Robertson Of Port Ellen

He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed
a kind of amiable absurdity. — Dorothy L. Sayers

He looked at me for a moment, studying my face. What I had requested was very brazen for these times, something a lady would never do. But I wasn't a lady. I was a goddess and I would do whatever the hell I felt like doing. — Courtney Cole

I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now. — Kimbra

There it is," says Christian, looking at me with something like admiration.
"There what is?"
"The smile. You always smile when you ski — Cynthia Hand

We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely be up for it in gym or in after-school pickup games where we live. — Mary-Kate Olsen

You could never get everything in a book. Good books are always about everything. — Andrew Smith

I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt? If that's not like enough to slavery, I don't know. — Lauryn Hill