Okimoto Family Quotes & Sayings

I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making. — Bill Murray

The fact of the matter is that nationalism thinks in terms of historical destinies, while racism dreams of eternal contaminations, transmitted from the origins of time through an endless sequence of loathsome copulations: outside history.
-Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities — Nancy Ordover

[Margaret] went to a talk on parenting at the end of the school year where the speaker had said that doing good things, charitable things, was actually a selfish act, because it made you feel good. She has been mulling that ever since. Should she do something selfless, something good? Should she reach out to someone who really needs her forgiveness? Would this make her feel better? — Janice Y.K. Lee

Meditation is not required to be one with self. All that is required is that you be about oneself, maintain oneself, and be true to oneself and your chakras will be aligned and your 3rd eye will no longer be blind. — Kenneth G. Ortiz

In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a national art form can abrade some naturally aloof personalities until they flower into deadly nightshade. — Florence King

Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started. — Zig Ziglar

I slump against the cushion. "How am I going to protect him, if I've completely alienated him? He thinks I'm creepy ... " I say sadly.
"You are not creepy," Reed says soothingly, taking my hand.
"You're not a good judge of creepy, Reed, since you're creepier than I am," I say warily, looking over at Zephyr when I hear him laughing at my comment. "I wouldn't laugh too hard, pal, because you're the creepiest one of us all. — Amy A. Bartol

She'd thought that she would do anything for them, but it had never occurred to her that "anything" might mean letting them go. — Laini Taylor

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor. — Vinoba Bhave

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make. — Michelle Shocked

In Lagos there's a really strong case to resurrect strong parts. Embedded in all of it are some amazing pieces of planning, amazing pieces of engineering and interaction. For instance, the campus of Lagos University is stunningly beautiful, efficient and generous, and that needs to be recognised and preserved. — Rem Koolhaas

I think Arminianism is death to Christianity! — R.C. Sproul

Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel. — J.I. Packer

Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?"
"He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness. — J.D. Robb