Reforming The Japanese Quotes & Sayings

It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons. — Karl Popper

The exact objectives of Islam Inc. are obscure. Needless to say everyone involved has a different angle, and they all intend to cross each other up somewhere along the line. — William S. Burroughs

There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it. — Greg Dening

The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it. — John McCain

I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways. — Claudia Christian

I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections. — Emanuel Swedenborg

When I go there to Afghanistan or Pakistan, the question both asked - and if it's not asked, implied - is, 'Are you staying this time?' because we left last time, in 1989 in Afghanistan, and we sanctioned Pakistan from 1990 to 2002. So I think it's a fair question. — Michael Mullen

motherhood is like this: a series of tiny moments that add up to an enormous love, with lots of other moments of frustration and misunderstanding and complexity woven in between. — Allison Winn Scotch

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess. — Max Lucado

It was as if her own heart had been surgically removed from her body and was being kept at a remote location, still connected to her and pumping blood through her veins, but exposed to dangers she couldn't see: her heart in a box somewhere, in the open air, unprotected. — Jeffrey Eugenides

In Los Angeles, you feel like everything revolves around the movies. In Paris, you still have other things to do. — Clemence Poesy

Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely. — Anuj

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. — Maya Angelou

A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother. — Charles M. Schulz

What we're calling 'presencing' is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact. I think a buddhist would say that presencing can arise to the extent that we develop the capacity, individually and collectively, to extend our conscious awareness in both domains. — Betty Sue Flowers