Haikai Quotes

#1. Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.

Matsuo Basho

#2. What you're always trying to achieve in a creative relationship is one that is egoless ... ideas belong to the collective. If you can disassociate your own ego from your idea, then, almost always, everybody will arrive at the same decision as to what is best.

Dave Genn

#3. I know you are always finding ways to love me in spite of how horrible I am, I hope I haven't run out of chances.

Ann Brashares

#4. It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

Al Franken

#5. I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual.

John F. Akers

#6. Rich must thank poor; if poor unite, rich will have no place to hide.

Vinita Kinra

#7. Your partner cannot fault you for refusing to host a perpetual-motion party or for the fact that you must sleep and will eventually die.

Mallory Ortberg

#8. Brenda, do you know God loves you? He really does. To Him, you're perfect, absolutely perfect. You always have been.

Nikki Rosen

#9. Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love.

Shannon A. Thompson

#10. I myself am a very, very peaceful person. Throughout our history, from our own American revolution to the resistance against apartheid in South Africa, to labor strikes in the US, people have resorted to violence to achieve a more progressive society, from time to time.

Tom Morello

#11. Write every day. It takes discipline, but it's worth it.

Philip Kim

#12. The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Oscar Wilde

#13. If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

Josie Bissett

#14. I want every health care professional, every first-responder, every citizen, every visitor to know that in Florida we continue to prepare for the worst. But we pray for the best.

Rick Scott