Nabeshima Quotes

#1. The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#2. we leapt into our saddles. Or rather, most of us leapt into our saddles, while Calvin flailed helplessly for a few seconds with his legs beating the air like on of those wind up swimmer toys.

Garrett Robinson

#3. I think it was the ability of the theater to communicate ideas and extol virtues that drew me to it. And also, I was, and remain, fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.

August Wilson

#4. I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

Jill Scott

#5. Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.

Mary Beth McKenzie

#6. Enter the ring like you want to be seen, not like you've been pushed in.

Gayle Lampe

#7. There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG.

Aristotle.

#8. I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

Stephan Jenkins

#9. Imagine me maintaining anybody's equilibrium.

Patricia Gaffney

#10. Encourage and listen well to the words of your subordinates. It is well known that gold lies hidden underground.

Nabeshima Naoshige

#11. The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

Alexandra David-Neel

#12. When I was maybe like, under 10 years old, I was kind of like a maniac.

Seann William Scott

#13. The bride's getting ready to toss her bouquet, so get me up there! Mom said the day after she turned 96.

June Shaw

#14. No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.

Nabeshima Naoshige

#15. Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Know what I say? I say time is a crook.

Truman Capote

#16. Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is in being crazy to die. Fifty or more could not kill one such a man.

Nabeshima Naoshige

#17. The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.

Nabeshima Naoshige