Takahiro Shiraishi Quotes & Sayings

While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. — John Dewey

Let nothing distract you from your opponent. He is between you and the rest of your life, and you must move past him to see it. — Scott James Magner

The most important question that we should ask is, "How can I serve? — Debasish Mridha

he had had some eye work done: a lift to remove the puff and bloat; he would rather look startled and insane than look fifty-six. — Lorrie Moore

I think you just have to have some rapport with the song. — Eric Bachmann

Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — William Wordsworth

I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer. — John Lee Hooker

My friends love coming over because they get fed. — Jennifer Aniston

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite. — Yevgeny Zamyatin