Taisho Nights Quotes & Sayings

Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others. — Ayn Rand

Self-confidence and self-will are the strength for a sacred accomplishments. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You must find your own gift, the activity you are fond of and the activity you were created for — Sunday Adelaja

We must all teach ourselves to be fine, to be poets. — Charles Webster Hawthorne

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy. — Pope Benedict XVI

Healthy thinking is a habit, just like neurotic thinking is a habit. — Wayne Dyer

It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation. — Woodrow Wilson

There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be feared that it would be used up before the human race was exterminated, but now that the practically unlimited supply of hydrogen can be utilized, there is considerable reason to hope that homo sapiens may put an end to himself, to the great advantage of such less ferocious animals as may survive. But it is time to return to less cheerful topics. — Bertrand Russell

When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: I like this resonance. It elevates me. It develops hitherto unknown possibilities in me. I don't recognize myself. This is very interesting. — Karlheinz Stockhausen

A label locks me into a definition that people use to control me. A vision graces me with an idea that serves to release me. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Woodward said that he had told no one the name of Deep Throat.
Mrs. Graham paused. 'Tell me,' she said.
Woodward froze. He said he would give her the name if she wanted. He was praying she wouldn't press it. Mrs. Graham laughed, touched his arm and said she was only kidding, she didn't really want to carry that burden around with her. Woodward took a bite of his eggs, which were cold.
Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward — Carl Bernstein

My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. — Natalie Cole

May the good God pardon all good men. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it and admire it, and I think to myself, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I'l have a book. It is such a pleasurable moment that I type many more title pages than I could ever use. — Betsy Byars