Sumiko Inaba Quotes & Sayings

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. — Stephen Covey

Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, poked at the ink in his inkwell. There was ice in it.
"Don't you even have a proper fire?" said Hughnon Ridcully, High Priest of Blind Io and unofficial spokesman for the city's religious establishment. "I mean, I'm not one for stuffy rooms, but it's freezing in here!"
"Brisk, certainly," said Lord Vetinari. "It's odd, but the ice isn't as dark as the rest of the ink. What causes that, do you think?"
"Science, probably," said Hughnon vaguely. — Terry Pratchett

Both noun (eusebia) and verb (sebizo) derive from the Greek root seb-, which refers to the awe that radiates from gods to humans and is given back as worship. Everything related to this root has fear in it. — Sophocles

Actions are stairs and reactions are slides — Rajesh Walecha

Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world. — John H. Groberg

Don't ever compliment me by insulting other women. That's not a compliment, it's a competition none of us agreed to. — Anonymous

The NCI scientific programme leaders meet regularly to ensure that we are not ignoring highly original proposals and that we are not creating an unbalanced grant portfolio. — Harold E. Varmus

Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there! — Akiva Ben Joseph