Issa Quotes

It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own knowledge and experience is unrivaled. Nobody knows what you know like you know what you know. The way you see things is pretty unique. ~ Issa Rae

Even in warmest
glow
how cold my shadow ~ Kobayashi Issa

Giddy grasshopper
Take care ... do not leap and crush
These pearls of dewdrop ~ Kobayashi Issa

Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining. ~ Darrell Issa

Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it? ~ Kobayashi Issa

You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment. ~ Darrell Issa

You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job. ~ Darrell Issa

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger. ~ Kobayashi Issa

I'm a social media addict. ~ Issa Rae

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance. ~ Issa Rae

The Internet has provided small communities for racism online, and people feel free to do it. Ultimately, there should be some consequence - if you promote your racism online then there should be a consequence. ~ Issa Rae

I think that just because the show is titled 'Awkward Black Girl' and it is a predominantly black cast doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to relate to these people. We're all human beings. We all essentially go through the same things when it comes down to it, so I don't I think that should limit who watches it. ~ Issa Rae

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today. ~ Darrell Issa

My kingdom for caffeine," she mumbled, making prayer hands up at the ceiling.
When, however, in the next second, Issa entered with tea, Zuzana was not grateful.
"Coffee, I meant coffee," she told the ceiling, as if the universe were a waiter that had gotten her order wrong. ~ Laini Taylor

I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on ... We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people ... [i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes. ~ Darrell Issa

Where there are difficulties, there will always be opportunities. ~ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas. ~ Kobayashi Issa

Dry creek
glimpsed
by lightning ~ Kobayashi Issa

Take a nap
Making the mountain water
Pound the rice. ~ Kobayashi Issa

In the city fields
Contemplating cherry-trees ...
Strangers are like friends ~ Kobayashi Issa

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life. ~ Darrell Issa

STOP TREATING DOPE PEOPLE LIKE THEY'RE REGULAR ~ Qwana Reynolds-Frasier

Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers. ~ Kobayashi Issa

Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands. ~ Darrell Issa

This dewdrop world
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet - ~ Kobayashi Issa

Reflected
in the dragonfly's eye --
mountains. ~ Kobayashi Issa

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking. ~ Issa Rae

Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes ~ Kobayashi Issa

Every time I'm recognized in public, I'm super grateful and appreciative, but I also get hot and nervous. ~ Issa Rae

Back home, Mama always made us
laugh.
She wasn't funny in the way Issa was.
Issa's funny is like an elephant,
impossible to miss,
you know when he wants to make you
laugh.

But Mama's funny is more like a cat,
slinking around,
hiding out in corners,
brushing up on you by surprise. ~ Jasmine Warga

Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends of all ethnicities, and we would carelessly skip around our elementary school like the powerless version of Captain Planet's Planeteers. ~ Issa Rae

A world of dew and within every dewdrop a world of struggle. ISSA ~ Richard Flanagan

Every life - regardless of background or gender - has equal value. ~ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question how 'down' I am because of the bleak, stereotypical picture pop culture has painted for me as a black woman? Unacceptable. ~ Issa Rae

Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say. ~ Kobayashi Issa

Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend. ~ Darrell Issa

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience. ~ Kobayashi Issa

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds. ~ Darrell Issa

The hair hierarchy rates worth by length and texture of hair. The longer, the silkier and more European your hair, the higher your worth. The shorter, kinkier, and more African your hair? Kill thyself. ~ Issa Rae

Everyone has a past. ~ Darrell Issa

Is it good or bad?" she asked Issa. The wrong question, she knew. She just couldn't help herself.
"It's both, sweet girl," said Issa. "like everything. ~ Laini Taylor

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. ~ Darrell Issa

I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce other content for other minority filmmakers and put their voices on screen and basically be able to have free range to produce. ~ Issa Rae

I don't like to be overexposed. Too many articles, too many tweets, too many posts, I just don't like that. But at the same time, we live in a culture where that's almost necessary. People want content and they want their stuff when they want it. ~ Issa Rae

Why don't people understand that nobody wants to hear what they should have done when something has already happened? ~ Issa Rae

Issa knelt down in front of her, taking her hands in his. Until the end of time, I will love you. You are the moon in my endless night. I have never abandoned this world, even when I desperately wanted to, and I will never leave you, either. ~ Lisa Kessler

It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was also chubby, into boys who weren't into me, and tried too hard to fit into this 'blackness' I was supposed to be. ~ Issa Rae

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want. ~ Issa Rae

It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption. ~ Darrell Issa

The web presents an opportunity to showcase any character your sick mind desires. Want to create a cross-dressing, deaf/mute, corrupt politician who has a soft spot for saving children? Go for it! ~ Issa Rae

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!' ~ Issa Rae

My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to be black at Stanford University. I'm black and I went to Stanford. Boom. Easy. ~ Issa Rae

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity. ~ Kobayashi Issa

The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the black sidekicks on one show, and it would be the most boring, one-dimensional show ever. Even look at the black women on 'Community' and 'Parks and Recreation' - they are the archetype of the large black women on television. Snide and sassy. ~ Issa Rae

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder. ~ Issa Rae

Everyone should have the freedom and opportunity to shape their own destiny. ~ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

There is an expression here on Capitol Hill," Issa told me. "'Don't ever get between a member and a camera.'" That can be particularly harrowing in the case of Issa, who had purchased a T-shirt for Bardella that said: "It's all about me. ~ Mark Leibovich

I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am. ~ Darrell Issa

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle. ~ Darrell Issa

Hi! My little hut
Is newly-thatched I see ...
Blue morning-glories ~ Kobayashi Issa

I wouldn't be anywhere without the Internet. ~ Issa Rae

It was brave," countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful. ~ Laini Taylor

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny. ~ Issa Rae

As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black' choices. For example, joining the swim team when it is a known fact that 'black folk don't swim'; or choosing to become a vegetarian when blacks clearly love chicken. ~ Issa Rae

I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are the lives of my friends - and my friends are hilarious. ~ Issa Rae

I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If 'Awkward Black Girl' could make it to HBO starring a dark-skinned black girl, that would be revolutionary. ~ Issa Rae

A world of grief and pain,
but the flowers bloom
even then ~ Kobayashi Issa

Don't weep, insects
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part. ~ Kobayashi Issa

People are tired of mainstream media's limited and confined portrayal of people of color. ~ Issa Rae

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly. ~ Darrell Issa

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence. ~ Darrell Issa

Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack. ~ Darrell Issa

There is no stranger under the cherry tree. ~ Kobayashi Issa

On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew ... so dear, So fresh, so fleeting ~ Kobayashi Issa

From that woman on the beach, dusk pours out across the evening waves. ISSA ~ Richard Flanagan

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media. ~ Issa Rae

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel. ~ Kobayashi Issa

You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to private schools, you know, encountered different people who think that it's OK to make comments, insensitive comments about your race because they're joking. And think that if they're joking and they say it, you know, good-naturedly, that things will fly. ~ Issa Rae

O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly! ~ Kobayashi Issa