Yongxing Quotes & Sayings

If there's anyone out there who has taken extreme to a new level, its Joe De Sena - in adventure racing, in business, and ultimately in the business of adventure! Spartan Up! is must-read. — Robyn Benincasa

asked me, "what were the usual causes or motives that made one country go to war with another?" I answered "they were innumerable; but I should only mention a few of the chief. Sometimes the ambition of princes, who never think they have land or people enough to govern; sometimes the corruption of ministers, who engage their master in a war, in order to stifle or divert the clamour of the subjects against their evil administration. — Jonathan Swift

Believe it or not, a normal human being is one who can have an orgasm and is adjusted to his society. — Aldous Huxley

You speak in ignorant disdain of the foremost nation of the world," Yongxing said, growing angry himself, "like all your country-men, who show no respect for that which is superior, and insult our customs."
"For which I might consider myself as owing you some apology, sir, if you yourself had not so often insulted myself and my own country, or shown respect for any customs other than your own," Laurence said. — Naomi Novik

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry. — James McAvoy

Publicly, we say one thing ... Actually, we do another. — Richard M. Nixon

You know what they say," Amanda said. "Hatred isn't the opposite of love, it's just another variation of it. They both mean you have passionate feelings for someone. — Robin Brande

She wondered why she'd ever thought trusting someone who wore that much eyeliner was a good idea. — Cassandra Clare

It takes a community to start a revolution. — Prefuse 73

The most jealous and insecure are the ones who are guilty of betrayal. The ones who are the angriest are those who are pulling cons themselves, only to find out they're being conned as well. A thief hates to be robbed, and a cheater always wants you to be loyal while they are being unfaithful. When suspicions arise and the questions start, they are always defensive, always volatile. A thief takes being robbed personally, the same way a player falls apart when he finds out he is being played. — Eric Jerome Dickey

I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go behind their constructed myths to find the humanity of the person. It takes me about four years on every book and requires hundreds of interviews so I choose people whose lives I respect and achievements are worth recording. — Kitty Kelley

One very important thing he learned tonight ... Colt Michaels had indeed noticed him, just like he'd noticed Colt. As it turned out, they had watched each other for years, but neither had said a word. — Kindle Alexander

If there was any idea that God had set us a sort of exam, and that we might get good marks by deserving them, that has to be wiped out. — C.S. Lewis

Every major religion documents the fact that we ourselves have to take action to achieve whatever we desire. So why leave it on luck when your thoughts, beliefs and actions create your destiny? — Maddy Malhotra

It is not enough to call yourself a 'free thinker' just because you can change your beliefs. A whole mess of people change their beliefs based on what is fashionable rather than what is factual, which, by always following the crowd, would be the complete opposite of the beauty of a free thinker. — Criss Jami

Eat, sleep and drink music. — Arturo Sandoval