Oda Nobunaga quotes

Oda Nobunaga quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.”
-- Oda Nobunaga

#Doe Quotes #Cuckoos Quotes

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”
“I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every one hundred years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I want the cuckoo to come out every millennium for the next 10,000 years. If I hurry I should finish the clock in time to see the cuckoo come out for the first time.”
“Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a movie that I just find flawless. Jack Nicholson... I just saw 'The Shining' again the other day; he's so brilliant. He's such a brilliant actor, just unbelievable.”
“I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'”
“O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?”
“We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.”

Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18

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