Tsubota Japan Quotes & Sayings

What it is

It is madness
says reason
It is what it is
says love
It is unhappiness
says caution
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It has no future
says insight
It is what it is
says love
It is ridiculous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love. — Erich Fried

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. — Oliver Cromwell

If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late. — Clayton M Christensen

I call my ring Procter and Gamble, because David paid for it through his first commercial from Head & Shoulders. When I met David, he was waiting tables. He was below broke, in deep debt, but I followed my heart. When you're looking for a mate, don't look at his current status, but his present potential that will become a part of his future. — Alysia Reiner

Single lady, the man you want might not necessarily be the man you need. — Martha Macharia

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences. — Wyclef Jean

Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher. — T.F. Hodge

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach

Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. — Gautama Buddha

Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. — Kurt Vonnegut

When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author. I feel as if the author and I are on the same wavelength mentally, that we have a lot in common with each other, and that we could have an interesting conversation, or even a friendship, if the circumstances permitted it. When the novel comes to an end, I feel a certain letdown, a loss of contact. It is natural to want to recapture that feeling by reading other works by the same author, or by corresponding with him/her directly. — Neal Stephenson

He's staring at me like he's never seen me before. I want to wash my soul in the bottomless blue of his eyes. — Tahereh Mafi

Givers of great dinners know few enemies. — Martial