Masao Quotes

#1. You are
What you do
When it counts"
- The Masao

John Steakley

#2. It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations

Frederick The Great

#3. In societies where incomes and educational levels are low, it is often far easier to get supporters to the polls based on a promise of an individual benefit rather than a broad programmatic agenda.

Francis Fukuyama

#4. What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Samuel Johnson

#5. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.

George W. Bush

#6. I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

Jodie Foster

#7. Are you there, Felix? Are you there?

John Steakley

#8. Zen is a double-edged sword, killing words and thoughts, yet at the same time, giving them life. Although beyond human intellect and philosophy, Zen is their root and source.

Masao Abe

#9. I don't care if she [Ms. Whitlock] knows I love Breanna. Besides, the lady hates me and probably won't read it anyhow.

Katie McGarry

#10. It already has," Calla replied. Her eyes opened and fixed on Blue. "And it hasn't yet. Time's circular, chicken. We use the same parts of it over and over. Some of us more than others."
"Wouldn't we remember that?"
"I said time was circular," Calla replied. "I didn't say memories were.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. A politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously.

Robert Kane Pappas

#12. In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

Masao Abe

#13. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

Edward Young

#14. When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell, If we were Wax, or Tallow by the smell.

Masao Abe

#15. As a rule, the extent to which politics can become the object of free scientific inquiry is a most accurate barometer by which to measure the degree of academic freedom in a country.

Masao Maruyama

#16. The destruction of the personality is the great evil of the time.

Ellen Key

#17. And I know that the past version of me is someone you would never trust. But who I am when I'm with you" he paused, "isn't who I used to be. I don't think I've been that guy since the night of our first date, so it's not fair that you judge me like I'm still him.

J. Sterling

#18. Pretending to be a normal, functioning member of society is exhausting stuff.

Lia Riley

#19. Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized.

Masao Abe

#20. Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

Gus Van Sant