Yiqing Xu Quotes & Sayings

Because you live. But very few, love. — Pleasefindthis

We know quite well that the people of the Northern States have not yet drunk of the cup
they are still trying to hold it far from their lips
which all the rest of the world see they nevertheless must drink of. We may have our own opinions about slavery; we may be for or against the South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made, what is more than either, they have made a nation. — William Ewart Gladstone

Why is it called 'after dark' when it really is 'after light'? — George Carlin

His hand tightened on the coppiced knob handle of his shillelagh when he also saw the deteriorating fabric. Bridget and Peter had walked together through this wooded area on the north side of Glencar Lake many times over these last four years searching for some telltale sign of Meg. — Georgette Symonds

The world would be a real mess if everybody was a genius. Somebody's got to keep watch, take care of business. — Haruki Murakami

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. — Lee R. Raymond

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world. — Dogen

Luck is personal; we all have our own. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but it's yours, and it follows you wherever you go...And luck can change, because as my nana always insisted, luck was a state of mind. — Lynne Matson

You can't change the way people think, all you can do is give them a tool, the use of which will change their thinking. — R. Buckminster Fuller