Oriental Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy could be deeper than tragedy, in my view. — Gerald Stern

What is the difference between a Democrat and a Republican? A Democrat blows, a Republican sucks. — Lewis Black

Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things. — Confucius

Life was not fair, it simply existed. If you accidentally stepped on a poison snake, you got bitten. Intentions were irrelevant. — Terry Goodkind

That's all that it's going to be. God bless them. But you know what? I've got a nice house and a kid in college, and I'll tell you, we cannot handle it. Giving our paycheck away when you still worked and earned it? That's just not going to fly. — Lee Terry

Until then I had rejected him, refused him his own reality. He had been quite right to say that he, the only person on Gethen who trusted him, was the only Gethenian I distrusted. For he was the only one who had entirely accepted me as a human being: who had liked me personally and given met entire personal loyalty: and who therefore had demanded of me an equal degree of recognition, of acceptance. I had not been willing to give it. I had been afraid to give it. I had not wanted to give my trust, my friendship to a man who was a woman, a woman who was a man. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Moira sacrificed all that she had and all the richness of life that still lay in front of her in order to save just one more person. Moira was killed when the south tower collapsed ... Today, we choose to remember and share the joy Moira brought to all of us, and we vow that she will always live in our hearts. — James Smith

It's so important for me to do my own stunts. The sense of achievement is so immense. But the studios don't want to take the risk. — Michelle Yeoh

I'm so acutely aware of everything about him in this moment that I'm almost positive I could pick his thumbprint out of a lineup. — Colleen Hoover

James 5:16 - The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. — Eugene H. Peterson

The really terrible thing is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir