Hanoa Kai Quotes

#1. As I see the world, there's one element that's even more corrosive than missionaries: tourists. It's not that I feel above them in any way, but that the very places they patronize are destroyed by their affection.

Tahir Shah

#2. the Cameron Highlanders were ordered to muddy their spats because they were a dazzling white target for the Hun. Within 24 hours the order was countermanded by the Big Chief Cameron of Lochiel who presumably didn't want his Highlanders to look slovenly when dead.

Phyllida Law

#3. I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up to such a high standard. I'm pretty serious about my fantasy football, though.

Nate Silver

#4. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner.

Noel Carroll

#5. A few monkeys and parrots were loose on the wreck, clambering hysterically toward nowhere. He saw several animals disappear into the flames.

David Quammen

#6. You have no idea what's going on until you can't ignore it any longer.

Rebecca Donovan

#7. Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

#8. Beware of men who name their products with the initials of their own character.

Mel Croucher

#9. Across the globe, even in the world's "worst places," people found ways to turn pain into wisdom and suffering into strength. They made their own actions, their very lives, into a memorial that honored the people they had lost.

Eric Greitens

#10. A leader puts himself last then he sticks out.

Ray Lewis