"Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire."

-- Dogen

#Fire Quotes #Saving Quotes #Passing Quotes

“There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?”
“I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me.”
“My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison. Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.”
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world. Jimmy Wales Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”

Source : Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.171, Penguin
“You can't buy ATP points to buy your ranking. It's not possible; otherwise Gulbis would be No. 1 in the world.”

Source : "Tommy Haas - second round". Press conference, www.wimbledon.com. June 28, 2013.
“Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.”
“Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces.”

Source : "Interrogating the NY Times’ Anthony Shadid". Interview with Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. January 26, 2012.

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