Takanoyama Quotes & Sayings

The new morality does not consist in saving but in expanding consumption. — Simon N. Patten

Hatred is the air I breathe. It permeates every cell in my body. — Jim Goad

Perhaps the noblest private act is the unheralded effort to ... open our hearts once they've closed, to open our souls once they've shied away. — Mark Nepo

Titter," Radcliffe muttered as he pushed the window open on the first empty room he found on the main floor. "What the devil is a titter? And how the hell am I supposed to try not to look so large?" Shaking his head with disgust, he held the window open with one hand as he sat on the ledge, then swung one leg after the other over the sill and into the room. Standing, he let the window slide closed, then took a moment to brush the wrinkles out of his skirt and yank at the bottom of his bodice to straighten it before hurrying across the room.
Pausing at the door, he pressed an ear to it to listen briefly, then eased it open and peered out. It was early afternoon and yet it seemed the women were all still abed. Slipping into the hallway, he pulled the door gently closed and hurried as quickly as a man could in a dress that kept catching at his boot spurs, toward the stairs. — Lynsay Sands

Not a wall in the building lacked books. Books even occupied the space above doorways. — Brandon Mull

Tis held that sorrow makes us wise. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men. — Mignon McLaughlin

The truly incredible thing is were realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic time. — Stevie Nicks

It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do. — Anne Lamott

If you draw the gun and don't shoot right. you're shot down! — Tapan Ghosh

Indian leaders are saying, "You don't understand our caste system. It's really a lovely thing. People are very happy about it and so on." I don't think that's quite fair. — N. T. Wright

Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives. — Jean-Francois Lyotard

I would love to do a record with Usher. — Sevyn Streeter

I've got 50,000 Facebook fans inside of Iran, and Facebook is banned in Iran. I think the people who follow 'Humans of New York' the most after New York City is Tehran. I have a really special affection for the Persian people because they've really taken to my work. — Brandon Stanton