Bob Matsui quotes

“I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in.”
-- Bob Matsui

#Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes #United States Quotes

“I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.”
-- Bob Matsui

#Country Quotes #Apology Quotes #Past Quotes

“I was six months old at the time that I was taken, with my mother and father, from Sacramento, California, and placed in internment camps in the United States.”
-- Bob Matsui

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Taken Quotes

“These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.”
-- Bob Matsui

#War Quotes #Home Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.”
-- Bob Matsui

#Umpires Quotes #Parent Quotes #Trials Quotes

“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”

“Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book One: Elements of the Real in Man”, p.7, Shambhala Publications

“Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.

“Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.”

“The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... In Great Britain, the situation is similar. ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.”

“Any Mexican, would recognise that Mexico was abused, undervalued and downgraded in international circles, most of all by the United States.”

“Every true American likes to think in terms of thousands and millions. The word 'million' is probably the most pleasure-giving vocable in the language.”

“If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.”

Source : John Marshall (1839). “The Writings of John Marshall: Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon the Federal Constitution”, p.11

“I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.”