Open Door Policy China Quotes

#1. Life was full of surprises, with too many bruises and not enough Band-Aids.

Nikki Sixx

#2. You can't be gone. I need you here, with me. What am I going to do without you?

Patrick Carman

#3. Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise and spontaneity and feeling and variation while respecting that structure.

Robert Pinsky

#4. The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.

Thomas B. Macaulay

#5. Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Honore De Balzac

#6. The greatest obstacle to love is fear. It has been the source of all defects in human behavior throughout the ages.

Mahmoud Mohammed Taha

#7. When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

Bill Walton

#8. It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.

Amartya Sen

#9. I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do it over and over and over. To me, that's a lot easier than trying to reinvent yourself every six months.

John C. Reilly

#10. 1849 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels present, The Communist Manifesto, declaring "the abolition of private property.

Brian Sussman

#11. Do you want to just fuck me in front of all your friends? Because all you seem to be doing is fucking me over Ramsey.

K.A. Linde

#12. Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

Peter Drucker

#13. Angua sighed and stepped into the room behind the little museum. It was like the back rooms of museums everywhere, full of junk and things there is no room for on the shelves and also items of doubtful provenance, such as coins dated '52 BC'.

Terry Pratchett

#14. I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and a fairly complete on-line portfolio, as well as offering an opportunity to write a little.

John Howe

#15. Man is the ultimate tragic being, because he has learned enough about the Earth to realise the Earth would be better off without the presence of humankind.

Peter Wessel Zapffe