Takatoshi Akutagawa Quotes & Sayings

James Bond in his Sean Connery days ... was the first well-known bachelor on the American scene who was not a drifter or a degenerate and did not eat out of cans. — Barbara Ehrenreich

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average. — Derek Walcott

Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. — Paul Eldridge

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection. — John Milton

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool, so is the absence of censorship. — Michael Anti

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. — Roberto Clemente

Floyd did not accept the blame for his defeat. He blamed his fellow general Henry Wise for not committing some of his regiments to the battle. Wise reacted to the charge by calling Floyd "that bullet-hit son of a bitch. — Clint Johnson

The man who avoids debt doesn't have to worry about avoiding his creditors. — Evan Esar

New is America's oldest tradition. — David Brooks

Flowers represent hope for us; but we do not represent hope for them! Let us keep the flowers in the soil; no plucking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline. — John Dewey