Ookubo Atsushi Quotes & Sayings

A lover of men is very nearly the opposite of a philanthropist; indeed the pedantry of the Greek word carries something like a satire on itself. A philanthropist may be said to love anthropoids. But as St. Francis did not love humanity but men, so he did not love Christianity but Christ. — G.K. Chesterton

Well, I am going back into the open air, to see what the wind and sky are doing! — J.R.R. Tolkien

Next, the stalled cars had their windows opaqued with a cheap commercial compound used for etching glass, and slogans were painted on their doors. Some were long: THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO LIFE AND LIMB. Many were short: IT STINKS! But the commonest of all was the universally known catchphrase: STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME! — John Brunner

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film. — Abel Ferrara

Every morning is beautiful, mysterious, and magical, if only you can see it. — Debasish Mridha

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life. — Michael Jordan

What if both boys and girls were raised not to link masculinity and money? What if their attitude was not "the boy has to pay," but rather, "whoever has more should pay. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck. — Marsha Norman

Being in nature is inspiring. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and spent countless hours of my youth wandering the woods in awe of the beauty that exists all around us. — Allison McAtee

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one. — Pat Sajak

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization. — Henri Bergson

I spend my night writing you love letters;The eraser
Then spend my day
Erasing each, word by word.
Your eyes are my golden compasses;
They point me toward the sea of separation!

(translated from the Arabic by Sivar Qazaz) — Ghada Samman

Does anyone ask a painter
even the painter himself
why he paints? Now me, I painted ... used to ... whatever I saw that was beautiful. It had to be beautiful to me, through and through, before I would paint it. And I used to be a pretty simple fellow, and found many completely beautiful things to paint.
But the older you get the fewer completely beautiful things you see. Every flower has a brown spot somewhere, and a hippogriff has evil laughter. So at some point in his development an artist has to paint, not what he sees (which is what I've always done) but the beauty in what he sees. Most painters, I think, cross this line early; I'm crossing it late.
("To Here and the Easel", 1954) — Theodore Sturgeon

remembered the eye in the tent guilt with gold. "Just — H. Leighton Dickson