Mokichi Okada Quotes

#1. Object-oriented programming had boldly promised "to model the world." Well, the world is a scary place where bad things happen for no apparent reason, and in this narrow sense I concede that OO does model the world.

Dave Fancher

#2. Honesty has become the second best policy with your spouse ... discretions apply elsewhere

Amit Abraham

#3. Who makes the fairest show means the most deceit.

William Shakespeare

#4. The streamers of my consciousness waver out and are perpetually torn and distressed by their disorder.

Virginia Woolf

#5. Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude.

Mokichi Okada

#6. I often want things to make definite statements. If I order onions sliced thinly on my hamburger, I don't want them to come out sort of medium. But that doesn't mean it's a reasonable desire, in all things.

John Edgar Wideman

#7. Stars are important," I say, laughing.

"Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it's our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.

Nicola Yoon

#8. Know that the happiness we feel when we bring joy to others is the greatest happiness in the world.

Mokichi Okada

#9. As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don't smoke as much as the guys do. I'm usually just strutting around a bit more so I don't actually have to be inhaling it. I'm lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I'm saying.

Christina Hendricks

#10. It won't last forever," said Wednesday. "Nothing does.

Neil Gaiman

#11. An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.

Ramana Maharshi

#12. I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times.

Chris Ware

#13. The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

Joan D. Vinge

#14. With kisses like these, I could see myself easily falling into Ben's life and forgetting how to live my own.

Colleen Hoover

#15. Successful teaching rests both on a genuine and selfless concern for students and on the ability to convey to them a love of history.

Eric Foner