Tanigawa Quotes & Sayings

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover. — Edmund Burke

If shortening my lifespan by a year would kill these guys, I'd do it... — Nico Tanigawa

On the surface, humans appear to hate conflict, but in reality, they seek it. — Nagaru Tanigawa

I've never thought I wanted to quit in my research. I would always fail in experiments, which I did at least three times a day. — Hiroshi Amano

Wisdom, ambition, sadness, joy, malice, grief, amazement, all the emotions which blaze within the human soul may be recorded on a page.
Nestled in a sheaf of paper sleeps an infinity beyond the limits of the universe. Just by opening a single page, we may fly into that infinity. — Tanigawa Nagaru

In humans, the family prevents infanticide. Next to language, the core family, consisting of a mother, a father and children, is the greatest difference between us and other primates. — Frans De Waal

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me. — Julie Christie

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.' — Michael Palin

From theme song of the show: Boken Desho Desho, boken de ga ... its a good song — Nagaru Tanigawa

Just look at the Chinese characters used for the names of the days of the week. Color-wise, Monday (Moon) would be yellow. Tuesday (Fire) is red. Wednesday (Water) is blue. Thursday (Wood) is green. Friday (Gold) would be gold, Saturday (Earth) would be light brown. sunday (Sun) would be white. — Nagaru Tanigawa

Don't think it evil. I'm sure it's ... On our side! — Nagaru Tanigawa

Nietzsche has a very significant maxim. He says a tree that longs to reach the heights of heaven must sink its roots to the bottom of the earth. — Osho

We don't know in advance what we're going to do in the future, but the truth is we often don't know what we were thinking in the past. — Nagaru Tanigawa

If something must be true for us, as humans, to exist, than it is true simply because we exist. — Nagaru Tanigawa

As I looked at her from the side, I became newly aware of the softness of the curves of her face. Nagato said she was the "potential for evolution." According to Asahina, she was a "time warp." Koizumi treated her as "God." Then what about me? What did "Haruhi Suzumiya" mean to me?
Haruhi was Haruhi and nobody else. I wasn't going to use such overblown language to dodge the question. But I didn't happen to have a decisive answer. Isn't that natural? If someone points to the classmate sitting behind you and asks, "What is she to you?" How are you supposed to respond? ... No, sorry. Guess that's still dodging the question. Haruhi wasn't just a classmate to me. Of course, she also wasn't the "potential for evolution" or a "time warp," much less "God." She couldn't possibly be. — Nagaru Tanigawa

That's why I'm going to kill you and see how Haruhi Suzumiya reacts. — Nagaru Tanigawa

I have learned that having a cause to fight for is a noble and rare thing to have. So be fearless and fight. — Abeer Allan

In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization, the rise of the new Republican majority. White Flight is a powerful and compelling book that should be read by anyone interested in modern American politics and post-World War II urban history. — Dan Carter

We are unable to discount the hypotheses that the world began three years ago. — Nagaru Tanigawa

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot. — Sarah Vowell

Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment. — Zachary Levi

I said it because it's true. It's the way — Lois Lowry

A part of me will probably always be waitin' for her. And even when I get to the end of this life and she's not there, I think I'll still just wait. It's the cruel reality of love, I think - that once you find it, it's yours to carry. And even if you lose it and never find it back again, I think you still just keep on carrying it ... and waitin' - long after the curtain closes. — Laura Miller

I was starting to believe him, and that scared the baked beans out of me. — Rick Riordan