S. I. Hayakawa Quotes

We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. ... One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.

S. I. Hayakawa

Quotes to Explore

Could you imagine being from Siberia? Like, a small part of Russia, where it's like, 'When was the last time Russia was having a super big international pop star in the U.S.?' I don't know, but I can name a few from Sweden. I think that gives us a lot of confidence in being pop stars because we're like, 'Oh, we actually can. We know we can.'

Zara Larsson
- Time
- Small
- Star
I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.

Rachel Roy
- Taken
- Care
- Worry
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.

W. H. Davies
- Long
- Society
- Water
It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.

Saad Hariri
- People
- Fall
- Easy
Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.

Haley Reinhart
- People
- Important
- Me
You just can't control your art in the future.

Damian Loeb
- Art
- Future
- Control