When he drank his coffee, that was all he did. If his com chimed or there was a caller at the door, he ignored it. He didn't read the newsfax, nor even listen to any of his favourite music. His one cup deserved, and got, his full attention. He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice There was a two-dollar cup or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, 'A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.
More Quotes from Steve Perry:
Soon another test would come. He must be ready for it. So he sat, but it was not mindless meditation but mindful scheming that filled him. In a contest like this, there could be no second-place winner. To be second was to be last and to be last here was to be dead.Steve Perry
This announces the rebirth of the economics of this city. Tourism and culture That is what we are.
Steve Perry
He had regrets, of course, but not so many that he would lose any sleep over them. Life surprised him now and then and he didn't much care for surprises, unless he was passing them out. But what was to be done You had to deal with the reality, he had learned that over the years, no matter how much you didn't like it.
Steve Perry
I didn't hear any excuses or any people say they weren't shopping like they usually would because of those reasons. We had a pretty good Christmas. All in all it was a pretty normal year.
Steve Perry
If you shoot a man across a field or even a room, you don't get the full impact of what you've done. Facing an opponent one-on- one, hand-to-hand or with a sword, you have to accept your personal responsibility. Killing somebody ought to be messy. You should be sprayed with his blood, you should be able to hear him scream, catch the death rattle, smell the faeces and urine as the bowels and bladder let go. You should have to dispose of the body. So you know exactly what it was you did.
Steve Perry
When they'd been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day might be your last, it made a big difference. You couldn't maintain that state forever, of course the stress would eat you alive, but putting yourself at risk did bring out your bestor your worst.
Steve Perry
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Attention Quotes, Coffee Quotes, Music QuotesBased on Keywords: caller, chimed, com, monastery, ninety-eight, two-dollar
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.
Toots Thielemans
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Aeschylus
I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty.
William Whipple