Toyonaga Toshiyuki Quotes & Sayings

Aging is a chance to make what was good, great; and what was never so good, better. — Amy Bloom

Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry. — Seamus Heaney

The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness. — Ayn Rand

I'm so excited [to be Miss USA]. It's a dream come true. — Nia Sanchez

Your death rides a fast camel. — Victor Robert Lee

In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." We have a tendency to dwell on tragedy and use it as a justification for tragic occurrences that follow,rather than parse the tragedy, taking from it important lessons and using those lessons to avoid similar tragedies. — Megan Karasch

I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that. — Richie Benaud

He pulled me back to him, stroking my hair as if to calm me. Tears sprang to my eyes and melted into the water around me. I didn't want to die. But people died every day. What hope I had for heaven's existence faded away, and I realized I would simply disappear. — Kirby Howell

Certain objects that are supposed to (a) remain horizontal and (b) support heavy things have ceased to do either. — Neal Stephenson

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win. — Robert Reich

Instead of insisting that human beings attain perfection, Lutheran spirituality begins by facing up to imperfection. We cannot perfect our conduct, try as we might. We cannot understand God through our own intellects. We cannot become one with God. Instead of human beings having to do these things, Lutheran spirituality teaches that God does them for us - He becomes one with us in Jesus Christ; He reveals Himself to our feeble understandings by His Word; He forgives our conduct and, in Christ, lives the perfect life for us. — Gene Edward Veith Jr.

How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home? — Kendrick Lamar

I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued. — Tom Morello