Sekijiro Kan Quotes

#1. Ful wys is he that kan himselve knowe. - Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

#2. My entire career has been pivoting from company to company. Some people call it lack of planning or direction, I call it flexibility and good improvisational skills. - Author: Justin Kan

#3. He hath considered shortly, in a clause1763, The trespas 1764 of hem bothe, and eek the cause, 1765 And althogh that his ire hir gilt accused, Yet in his resoun he hem bothe excused, As thus: he thoghte wel that every man Wol helpe himself in love if that he kan, And eek delivere himself out of prisoun; - Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

#4. poor ethereal creature
ever immersed in scenes
until a flash of lightning shows
life and death are dust in space - Author: Feng Kan

#5. Jesus Christ! hAccording to his great mercy, ihe has caused us to be born again to a living hope jthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to kan inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and lunfading, mkept in heaven for you, 5 - Author: Anonymous

#6. Around the lab I heard that publicity was measured in an absolute unit, the "kan". That unit was too large for ordinary application and a practical unit one one-thousandth of the size served in its place, the "millikan". - Author: Luis W. Alvarez

#7. He was sick and tired of receiving dutiful submission in the place of love. - Author: Kan Kikuchi

#8. implies that there can be short intervals of inconsistency among the replicated nodes during which the data gets updated among these nodes. In other words, the replicas are updated asynchronously. - Author: C.Y. Kan

#9. I find it hard to manage somebody's work unless I have an intimate knowledge of how to do it myself. - Author: Justin Kan

#10. His spirit chaunged house and wente ther,
As I cam nevere, I kan nat tellen wher. - Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

#11. I try to keep the meetings small, especially when we're doing product design. - Author: Justin Kan

#12. Fear of black independence and self-determination took a Freudian form: rape hysteria. In one town after another, racial violence was sparked by rumors that a Negro had harmed a white woman. This happened in Washington; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Kan.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Longview, Tex.; and Rosewood, Fla. - Author: Anonymous

#13. Start-ups don't die, they commit suicide. - Author: Justin Kan

#14. In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not. - Author: Naoto Kan

#15. I believe benchmarking best practices can open people's eyes as to what is possible, but it can also do more harm than good, leading to piecemeal copying and playing catch-up. As one seasoned Toyota manager commented after hosting over a hundred tours for visiting executives, "They always say 'Oh yes, you have a Kan-Ban system, we do also. You have quality circles, we do also. Your people fill out standard work descriptions, ours do also.' They all see the parts and have copied the parts. What they do not see is the way all the parts work together." I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to copy another "great person. - Author: Peter M. Senge

#16. It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power. - Author: Naoto Kan

#17. I tend to agree with many aspects of President Obama's policies. - Author: Naoto Kan

#18. I love you Abang, so what? That is a human right. The fact that you do not love me, it is also human right. Abang ngga salah, tapi aku juga ngga salah, kan? - Author: Jainar Berliana

#19. Culture Clash is a national treasure. - Author: Philip Kan Gotanda

#20. I will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people. - Author: Naoto Kan

#21. The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II. - Author: Naoto Kan

#22. I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre. - Author: William Langland

#23. I'm like a blue-collar writer. I just sit down every day and I write. - Author: Philip Kan Gotanda

#24. 'O great and mighty Master Li, pray impart to me the Secret of Wisdom!' he bawled.
'Take a large bowl,' I said. 'Fill it with equal measures of fact, fantasy, history, mythology, science, superstition, logic, and lunacy. Darken the mixture with bitter tears, brighten it with howls of laughter, toss in three thousand years of civilization, bellow kan pei - which means "dry cup" - and drink to the dregs.'
Procopius stared at me. 'And I will be wise?' he asked.
'Better,' I said. 'You will be Chinese.' - Author: Barry Hughart

#25. The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.' - Author: Naoto Kan

#26. I had learned from Kantos Kan the secret of opening these gates, and in another moment my twenty great fighting men stood within the doomed city of Zodanga. - Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

#27. But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world as in my tyme. But age, alias! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith. Lat go, farewel! the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namoore to telle; The bren, as I best kan, now most I selle. - Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

#28. After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used. - Author: Naoto Kan

#29. Miss Lilly." Mr. Kan stood up and solemnly shook her hand. "When there is such a large gap of years between two friends, we Chinese call it wang nien chih chiao, a friendship that forgets the years. It's destiny that brings us together. I hope you will always think of me and Teddy as your friends. - Author: Ken Liu

#30. I'm Kan, the Louis Vouitton don / Bought my mom purse, now she Louis Vuitton mom / I didn't play the hand I was dealt I changed my cards / I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars / I went to the malls and I balled too hard / Oh My God is that a Black card / I turned around and replied why yes, but I prefer the term African American Express - Author: Kanye West

#31. Ne nevere mo ne lakked hire pite;
Tendre-herted, slydynge of corage;
But trewely, I kan nat telle hire age. - Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

#32. I had a very linear story line for this particular play, and I wanted to open the piece up a bit, so I started doing that with my writing. I would describe fragments of scenes on index cards, then move the card around to see how it changed the piece. - Author: Philip Kan Gotanda