Anthony Lee > Anthony's Quotes

“Men have become the tools of their tools.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.”
― Grace Murray Hopper

“For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes

“A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
― Henry Ford

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.”
― Grace Murray Hopper

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“「よいお心がけじゃ。──しかし、おん身は強すぎる、余りに強い」 　賞められたと思って、若い武蔵は顔の血に恥じらいをふくんだ。 「どういたしまして、まだわれながら未熟の見えるふつつか者で」 「いや、それじゃによって、その強さをもすこし撓めぬといかんのう、もっと弱くならにゃいかん」 「ははあ？」 「わしが最前、菜畑で菜を耕っておると、その側をおてまえが通られたじゃろう」 「はい」 「あの折、おてまえはわしの側を九尺も跳んで通った」 「は」 「なぜ、あんな振舞をする」 「あなたの鍬が、私の両脚へ向って、いつ横ざまに薙ぎつけて来るかわからないように覚えたからです。また下を向いて、畑の土を掘っていながら、あなたの眼気というものは、私の全身を観、私の隙をおそろしい殺気でさがしておられたからです」 「はははは、あべこべじゃよ」 　老僧は、笑っていった。 「お身が、十間も先から歩いて来ると、もうおてまえのいうその殺気が、わしの鍬の先へびりッと感じていた。──それほどに、お身の一歩一歩には争気がある、覇気がある。当然わしもそれに対して、心に武装を持ったのじゃ。もし、あの時わしの側を通った者が、ただの百姓かなんぞであったら、わしはやはり鍬を持って菜を耕っているだけの老いぼれに過ぎんであったろう。あの殺気は、つまり、影法師じゃよ、はははは、自分の影法師に驚いて、自分で跳び退いたわけになる」 七”
― yoshikawaeiji, miyamotomusasizenhatikangaponkanzenban

“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?”
― Mark Twain

“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
― Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
― Mark Twain

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
― Mark Twain

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain

“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
― Mark Twain

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
― Mark Twain

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
― Mark Twain

“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
― Mark Twain

“The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.”
― Mark Twain

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
― Mark Twain

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain