Mitsuye Yamada Quotes

#1. It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real.

J.L. Austin

#2. The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one.

William Seward

#3. If the majority culture know so little about us, it must be our problem, they seem to be telling us; the burden of teaching is on us.

Mitsuye Yamada

#4. Solemnity is the shield of idiots

Montesquieu

#5. Perhaps for the first time in any medium, the person teaching you science - Carl Sagan - cared about the tangled mental roadways that can rob a person of rational thought.

Carl Sagan

#6. My name is John Creedmoor, and I would like to confess my crimes. Hope you all weren't going anywhere this week ...

Felix Gilman

#7. It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.

Sophocles

#8. We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects ...

Mitsuye Yamada

#9. We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.

Mitsuye Yamada

#10. Because they have so little, children must rely on imagination rather than experience.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#11. The best way to overcome depression is to work it to death. Whether it be your body or your mind, just be active and some relief you'll find.

Stanley Victor Paskavich

#12. If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

Jerry Seinfeld

#13. I like Sade. I'm re-reading Juliette. I skip the philosophy and read the salacious bits. His descriptive imagination is incredible.

Michael Gira

#14. The lives of the poor are rich in symbols.

Rohinton Mistry

#15. You look like Euler's equation, he murmured as he looked me up and down.
Nerd translation: Euler's equation is said to be the most perfect formula ever written. Simple but elegant. Beautiful.

Cynthia Hand

#16. I was a street performer for two years.

Bernie Mac

#17. The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

Trip Lee

#18. Make your dreams worth more than your sleep.

Eyden I.