Paradise Road Captain Tanaka Quotes & Sayings

If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairty tale from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. — Henry David Thoreau

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling. — Heath Ledger

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need. — David Platt

Juliette, love," he says to me, still holding my eyes. "You have just started a war. — Tahereh Mafi

She thought it was too bad it didn't work the other way around, so you could get braver and smarter as you move up in years. But — Peter Straub

Indeed, Urcheon of Erlenwald made a strange request of King Roegner, a strange reward to demand when the king offered him his wish. But let us not pretend we've never heard of such requests, of the Law of Surprise, as old as humanity itself. Of the price a man who saves another can demand, of the granting of a seemingly impossible wish. 'You will give me the first thing that comes to greet you. — Andrzej Sapkowski

Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely. — J.K. Rowling

Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won't cry, lips that won't lie, and love that won't die. — Wiz Khalifa

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. — Anonymous

I remember being cast in the first "Harry Potter" film and being quite amused, because I was imagining that someone who'd been acting since they'd been crawling would be cast. The faith and trust that they'd put into everyone actually enabled you to gain confidence back, in the sense of feeling that sense of achievement, which is incredibly hard when you're young. — Bonnie Wright

If I go into a sandwich shop or anywhere that features 'Today's specials' on a chalkboard more than 10 feet away, I have to ask for a printed menu. I smile at people I don't know on the street and ignore those I do. When at home, I often find myself grabbing my 'back-up' glasses to search for the better-loved pair I have left on top of my dresser. — Sloane Crosley

Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody else. — Stephen Covey

The fewer data needed, the better the information. And an overload of information, that is, anything much beyond what is truly needed, leads to information blackout. It does not enrich, but impoverishes. — Peter Drucker