Shirane Aoi Quotes & Sayings

Some of the most memorable, and least regrettable, nights of my own youth were spent in coon hunting with farmers. There is no denying that these activities contributed to the economy of farm households, but a further fact is that they were pleasures; they were wilderness pleasures, not greatly different from the pleasures pursued by conservationists and wilderness lovers. As I was always aware, my friends the coon hunters were not motivated just by the wish to tree coons and listen to hounds and listen to each other, all of which were sufficiently attractive; they were coon hunters also because they wanted to be afoot in the woods at night. Most of the farmers I have known, and certainly the most interesting ones, have had the capacity to ramble about outdoors for the mere happiness of it, alert to the doings of the creatures, amused by the sight of a fox catching grasshoppers, or by the puzzle of wild tracks in the snow. — Wendell Berry

Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children. — David R. Ellis

Good faith doesn't mean memorizing a script but cultivating a quiet dependence on the God of the universe to meet you in the difficult conversations he brings your way. — David Kinnaman

When the older folks I interviewed described the reasons that they dated, got engaged to, and then married their eventual spouses, they'd say things like "He seemed like a pretty good guy," "She was a nice girl;" "He had a good job," and "She had access to doughnuts and I like doughnuts. — Aziz Ansari

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control. — Julia Cameron

It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth. — Steven Sinofsky

A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. — Solomon

Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart. — Virginia Woolf

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting ... snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being. — Eckhart Tolle

There's something ever egotistical in mountain tops and towers, and all things grand and lofty. — Herman Melville