Otori Quotes & Sayings

As the two-thousand-year-old saying goes, you can have eyes and still not see. But a hard life improves vision. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

A man is what he is on his knees, and no more. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black. — Lian Hearn

As an artist in the 21st century, my two goals are to make the best work that I can, improve as much as I can, and to distribute that work as far as I can. — Brandon Stanton

I love you, Lance." He rattles the frame of the window and reaches out at me. I guess that's his way of saying "I love you too.". — Richard P. Denney

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing. — Aja Naomi King

When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free. — Lian Hearn

The painter had achieved what we would all like to do: capture time and make it stand still — Lian Hearn

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy. — Henry Paulson

They reminded me of the people of my village, their indomitable spirit in the face of disaster, their unshakable belief that no matter what might befall them, life was basically good and the world benign. — Lian Hearn

I'm not really a job-type person, where I go do a nine-to-give. I have to be with the work at all times and experiencing it. — Kesh

To all you parents out there, don't make your little girls, or little boys, so thirsty for love that they will want to drink water that will poison them. — Lisa Bedrick

Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells. — Lian Hearn

How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time? — Lian Hearn

Of course, the entire effort is to put myself Outside the ordinary range Of what are called statistics. A hundred are killed In the outer suburbs. Well, well, I carry on. — Stephen Spender

To insure the continuity of philanthropy, we must instill in kids the values and attitudes that will enable them to see charity as a vital part of their lives. — Mary Leonard

Vote. Even if they are all hopelessly inadequate, pick the least terrible one and vote. My mother fought hard to get you that vote. — Rowan Coleman

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow. — Napoleon Bonaparte