Praemium Imperiale Quotes

#1. Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist.

Muhammad Ali

#2. I prithee gentle friend,
Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passions, sway
In this uncivil and unjust extent
Against thy peace.

William Shakespeare

#3. Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections.

George Montgomery

#4. From my own personal encounters and studies with both Tantric and Zen Buddhist monks, I have found them to be humorous, warm, charming, and compassionate.

Frederick Lenz

#5. I went through so many phases because I moved schools a lot. I grew up primarily in Connecticut, but also here in L.A. for five years.

Mamie Gummer

#6. The Pilgrims believed beer was an unalloyed good, a 'good creature of God.' People who did not drink were suspect and 'crank-brained.

Susan Cheever

#7. Oh, gross. Your stomach is full of butterfly barf!

Laini Taylor

#8. I walk through the streets as if I was burning in some eternal bonfire.

Floriano Martins

#9. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

Erma Bombeck

#10. Jack had been the love of her life and he was gone. It seemed now that there had never been bad times, though she knew that wasn't true.

Sara Sheridan