Okakura Tenshin Quotes & Sayings

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally. — Lynn Fontanne

If you obsess about the next, you will miss what you need in the now and ultimately, sacrifice the next. — Ken Coleman

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well. — Andrew Mitchell

The spirit partly lies in physical body,
the rest of it is still waiting to be refitted. — Toba Beta

The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability. — Larry Bird

Poor black families were "immersed in a domestic web of a large number of kin and friends whom they [could] count on," wrote the anthropologist Carol Stack in All Our Kin. Those entwined in such a web swapped goods and services on a daily basis. This did little to lift families out of poverty, but it was enough to keep them afloat. But large-scale social transformations - the crack epidemic, the rise of the black middle class, and the prison boom among them - had frayed the family safety net in poor communities. So had state policies like Aid to Families with Dependent Children that sought to limit "kin dependence" by giving mothers who lived alone or with unrelated roommates a larger stipend than those who lived with relatives. — Matthew Desmond

What a shame swear words aren't allowed in diplomacy. — Ayse Kulin

I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?" — Jack Lemmon

A true lover never fails, a failure never can love. — Debasish Mridha