Japanese Poets Quotes

#1. In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series.

Craig Kilborn

#2. I'll go on writing till the end of my days. I have been writing too long to stop.

Mary O'Hara

#3. How can you work on letting your thoughts go and getting synchronized into the moment and questioning your wild imagination. But I say just think of all the great Japanese and Chinese poets and scholars who were also meditators.

Anne Waldman

#4. The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

#5. Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?"
Nora: "No, thanks."
Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.

Dashiell Hammett

#6. If you have time to chatter,
Read books.
If you have time to read,
Walk into mountain, desert and ocean.
If you have time to walk,
Sing songs and dance.
If you have time to dance,
Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.

Nanao Sakaki

#7. I love being outdoors, water sports, hiking - really, anything that keeps me moving!

Witney Carson

#8. To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come?

William Shakespeare

#9. The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

Donald Trump

#10. A mother's job ... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.

Michael Gurian

#11. Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.

Randy Alcorn

#12. Here I am. Here we are. Here we go. Here is all that matters.

Patrick Ness