Quotes May 29, 2021

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Immanuel Kant – 1724-1804 – Philosopher
 
 
 
 
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry Clay – 1777-1852 – American Attorney-Statesman
 
 
 
 
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher – 1813-1887 – American Minister
 
 
 
 
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore Roosevelt – 1858-1919 – Former President of the United States
 
 
 
 
The power of visibility can never be underestimated.
Margaret Cho,
comedian, actor, musician, writer
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
It doesn’t matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
Padma Lakshmi,
food expert, writer, television host, producer
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
Good things will come from self-expression.
I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart.
John Cho,
actor
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
I am never completely satisfied. There always seems to be something just beyond my reach.
Toshiko Takaezu,
ceramic artist, painter
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
Every cell in my body, my ancestors’ bodies, is vibrating, enshrouded in embers.
stephanie mei huang,
interdisciplinary artist
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month