Okayama Kobo Quotes & Sayings

He was a curious mixture of things to me on that first occasion: he had the general physique of a bull, the tenacity of a vulture, the agility of a leopard, the tenderness of a lamb, and the coyness of a dove. He had a curious overgrown head which fasdnated me and which, for some reason, I took to be singularly Athenian. His hands were rather small for his body, and overly delicate. He was a vital, powerful man, capable of brutal gestures and rough words, yet somehow conveying a sense of warmth which was soft and feminine. There was also a great element of the tragic in him which his adroit mimicry only enhanced. He was extremely sympathetic and at the same time ruthless as a boor. He seemed to be talking about himself all the time, but never egotistically. He talked about himself because he himself was the most interesting person he knew. I liked that quality very much - I have a little of it myself. — Henry Miller

I want to be a compassionate soul, finding worth and beauty in the worlds around me and within me, attempting to sing a transcendent tune with my temporal position in this life. — Jon Foreman

the joy of having an omniscient superpower. It had no sympathy for anyone who didn't speak Ancient Egyptian, whale, or Alpha Centaurian. Mom — Richard Roberts

I didn't fall off the hay truck yesterday, buddy. I want you to go down there and try to boink some sense into her. — Molly Burkhart

It takes years and years, usually a decade, to create a great startup. — Sam Altman

Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional ... All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. — Earl Warren

I am sorry you have to live in the time of terraforming, and not in the spring that follows. — Annalee Newitz

I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at. — Nathan Fielder

If I could create my own utopia, it would be this genderless world where we didn't have to talk about it. — Rachel Bloom

Very few people on earth ever get to say: "I am doing, right now, the most important thing I could possibly be doing." If you'll join this fight that's what you'll get to say. — Bill McKibben

The challenge with SXSW and events like it is it's so big and overwhelming, it's easy to get lost in the crowd. — John Hagel III