D. T. Suzuki Quotes

You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

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• Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Job
  • Know

• I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

  

  Nas
  • Life
  • Up
  • Morning

• I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Me
  • Will
  • Big

• How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Business
  • Think
  • Numbers

• Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Internet
  • Television

• The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Think
  • Always
  • Anchor

• Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'

  

  Ueli Gegenschatz
  • Power
  • You
  • Nice

• My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?

  

  Walter Hagen
  • Think
  • You
  • Stop

• The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

  

  Karl Shapiro
  • Good
  • God
  • Real

• Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Health
  • Serious
  • Gun

• My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Character
  • Kids
  • Movie

• There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • World
  • Doors
  • Opening

• I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Reading

• The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

  

  Iain McGilchrist
  • Nature
  • Space
  • Creativity

• In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • May
  • Religious
  • Teach

• I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • School
  • High
  • Think

• I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Like
  • Secret
  • Wrong

• I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • School
  • Think
  • You

• Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Cricket

• Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Good
  • Myself
  • Sometimes

• You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

  

  Jason Kander
  • Party

• Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Life
  • Work
  • Great

• If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Job
  • Lost

• You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

  

  D. T. Suzuki
  • People
  • Life