Santoka Haiku Quotes & Sayings

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction. — Kathy Ireland

The man, still kneeling, must have understood the cause of my tears, for he said, 'It is true, Christine! ... I am not an Angel, nor a genius, nor a ghost ... I am Erik! — Gaston Leroux

All you can do is the best you can do. — Paula Abdul

Darleen studies her drawing, then she looks up.

'It's not that I don't believe you can get a B,' she says. 'I don't think you're half as dumb as you think I think you are.'

If I was smarter, I'm sure I could figure that out. — K.L. Going

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong. — Liya Kebede

I don't do ups, ups defy gravity. Gravity is a law. I obey the law — John Pinette

He is much stronger than I think I am. He is mischievous, outgoing, ready to soar
through the clouds, while I often feel
like the cloud itself. — David Levithan

I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there. — Asif Ali Zardari

You fall in love, it's intoxicating, an for a little while you feel like you've actually become one with the other person. Merged souls, and so on. You think you'll never be lonely again. Only it doesn't last and soon you realize you can only get so close and you end up brutally disappointed, more alone than ever, because the illusion-the hope you'd held on to all those years-has been shattered. — Nicole Krauss

Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa. — Ron Wood

Our faults are apt to assume giant and exaggerated forms to our eyes in youth. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

He wants a thunder tiger, Akihito."
"Well, I want a woman who can touch her ears with her ankles, cook a decent meal and keep her opinions to herself. But they don't fucking exist either! — Jay Kristoff

You know, I do not think it is necessarily looks, I do not think I am the prettiest girl ... Everyone has something that is their asset, some have the hair, some have the cheekbones, others have the lips. But once you know what is your asset, then you should capitalize on it. — Blu Cantrell

Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects cry, water flows. There is no place we cannot find flowers or think of the moon. This is the essence of haiku. Go beyond the restrictions of your era, forget about purpose or meaning, separate yourself from historical limitations - there you will find the essence of true art, religion, and science. — Santoka Taneda

Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed — Ademola Adejumo

I'm still trying to understand the wearing off high heels at the airport. — Godfrey

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life. — Santoka Taneda