Orsato Quotes & Sayings

The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed. — William Morris

I'm starting to feel like an old man
alone in a small boat
In a snowfall of blossoms,
Only the south wind for company,
Drifting downriver, the beautiful costumes of spring
Approaching me down the runway
of all I've ever wished for.
Voices from long ago floating across the water.
How to account for
my single obsession about the past?
How to account for
these blossoms as white as an autumn frost?
Dust of the future baptizing our faithless foreheads.
Alone in a small boat, released in a snowfall of blossoms. — Charles Wright

Nemo Iudex in causa propia est
No one is a judge in his own case — Anonymous

One snake wasn't enough. Time for Perl's suggestion. I handed everyone two capsules and a pin. "Get as close to the guards as you can. Poke a small hole in the capsule and squirt the liquid near them. Don't get it on you," I instructed.
"Why not?" Leif asked.
"You'll have a necklace snake trying to mate with you."
"Gee, Yelena. I'm so glad you're home," Leif grumbled. "It's good to know Mother is doing something useful with her time."
"I thought your mother madeperfumes," Moon Man said.
"It all depends on how you look at it — Maria V. Snyder

My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a half. She said I could barely speak, and yet was asking for ballet lessons. — Joanne Froggatt

If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel. — Ann Landers

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding. — Juan Antonio Samaranch

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society. — Robert Blair

If you do nothing more in life do what you love. It may not make you rich, but it will always make you happy. — Robin A. Dilks

Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored. — Bjarne Stroustrup

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not? — George Bernard Shaw