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PETER KASSENAAR de eindigheid van de dingen
de willekeur--
het voortdurend breken
en lijmen van...
ANNA JAE Na jaren van zwoegen merken we dat we geen reis maken, maar dat de reis on maakt. Reisleiders, diens...
JOHN STEINBECK Het gaat om het stellen van de juiste vragen en het verzamelen van zo veel mogelijk relevante inform...
HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Als naturalisten en materialisten zijn wij een essentiële categorie kwijt geraak, namelijk die van ...
LEANNE PAYNE Wie de filosofie van internet kent, kan betere websites bouwen.
HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL De extreme afstandelijkheid van internet vereist een extreme lichamelijkheid ter compensatie, vandaa...
MARTIJN BENDERS Op die manier is de elektrische stoel uitgevonden. Uitgedokterd door Edison die de gevaren van de wi...
PAUL AUSTER Er zit een geheim in alles wat je ziet en zelfs als je dat geheim oplost blijft er het geheim van je...
LEO VROMAN Zo is het gegaan met de Indiaanse bevolking van San Nicolas-eiland, voor de kust van Los Angeles, di...
JARED DIAMOND De adoptie van mijn dochter gaf mij meer dan het moederschap alleen.
KIM VAN SCHIE ... de jongen soo verbaast gaauw tegen de stijlte weer op liep, schreeuwende luijtkeels de schuijt v...
MARIA WILHELMINA LAMMENS Het vel van de sardines is zo mooi, het is mooier dan het vel van de mens, maar hij moet toegeven da...
ARNON GRUNBERG Meestal zijn er grote delen van de pagina die niet eens bekeken worden door de bezoeker! Hij keurt z...
PETER KASSENAAR [...] zoals zij in de bus op weg naar Wierenbeke achter de chauffeur had gezeten met al het verdriet...
HUGO CLAUS In light of the exit from the race by Ted Cruz and John Kasich, it is now clear that Donald Trump wi...
RON DESANTIS Soms krijg ik de indruk dat wij jonge mensen, die in het domein van strikte coherentie zijn opgevoed...
PAOLO GIORDANO Los libros van siendo el único lugar de la casa donde todavía se puede estar tranquilo.
JULIO CORTáZAR Heeft god de man dan té volmaakt gemaakt
dat men er zo nodig een stuk moet van afsnijden?
A.J. BEIRENS There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.
SUZANNE SOMERS Wisdom is a variable possession. Every man is wise when pursued by a mad dog, fewer when pursued by ...
ROBERTSON DAVIES I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents...
VANESSA HUDGENS Toen de bewoners van Paaseiland in de problemen kwamen, konden ze nergens heen, was er niemand bij w...
JARED DIAMOND Het gedicht, die bescheiden poging van de dichter
om niet nu maar pas later uiteen te vallen.
MIROSLAV HOLUB You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in e...
JOHN PODHORETZ Chasing ghosts while pursued by daemons...
GAIL CARRIGER Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vi...
JESUS CHRIST Ik zal naar je kijken vanuit mijn ooghoek. En jij zal niets zeggen. Woorden zijn de bron van misvers...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Pursued by our origins... we all are.
EMILE M. CIORAN Als we samen zijn, zijn we het mooiste weer van de wereld.' Hij haalde diep adem. 'Dan zijn we tijdl...
TOON TELLEGEN Inspiratie? Het is geen kwestie van naar de lucht staren en wachten tot er een briljant idee uit kom...
HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Als een site is voorzien van een elegant design maar verder niet bruikbaar is, zal de site falen. He...
PETER KASSENAAR John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.
MARK SHIELDS Mijn vader huilde nooit. Als hij bedroefd was, liep hij naar de tempel van de onbekende heilige. Daa...
KADER ABDOLAH De waarde van dingen ligt voor ons niet zozeer in wat ze ons geven als wel in wat wij eraan uitgeven...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must b...
BARACK OBAMA Several passing motorists tried to warn him by honking their horns and flashing their lights, ... An...
FRED KLEIN ¿Qué más? Es preciosa. No te cansas de mirarla. No tienes que preocuparte de si es más inteligen...
JOHN GREEN In de ontwikkelde wereld is de levensverwachting nu gestegen tot 80 jaar voor vrouwen en 76 jaar voo...
BERNARD A. LIETAER Het grote voordeel van het web is tegelijkertijd ook het nadeel. Zeer veel informatie is snel beschi...
PETER KASSENAAR I was bit by the bug, ... That's what I pursued.
CODY PICKETT Zet net de tv aan, schrik me dood. Die van Nieuwkerk ziet er ineens uit als een kruising tussen Dona...
MARTIJN BENDERS They didn't win, and I got that from the white press. At four o'clock [on Election Day 2004], that e...
DICK GREGORY Het leven op aarde is een vertraagde weergave van slechts één moment. Het moment waarop we allemaa...
MAURICE SPEES La verdad no es realmente más extraña que la ficción, digan lo que digan. La mayoria de la veces ...
STEPHEN KING Es muy difícil para cualquiera mostrarnos como se nos ve, y para nosotros mostrar a cualquiera como...
JOHN GREEN Siempre esperas que la gente no sea quien es.
JOHN GREEN Por un momento siento un destello de esperanza al pensar en el último verso del poema: «En alguna ...
JOHN GREEN En alguna parte te espero.
JOHN GREEN Que el lodo sea mi heredero, quiero crecer del pasto que amo;
Si quieres encontrarte conmigo, ...
JOHN GREEN Siempre me han gustado las rutinas. Supongo que aburrirme nunca me había aburrido demasiado.
JOHN GREEN Se colocó el pelo detrás de las orejas, se puso la capucha y se la ató con el cordón. El farol i...
JOHN GREEN No te necesitaba, idiota. Te he elegido. Y luego tú me has elegido a mí. Y esto es como una promes...
JOHN GREEN Todo el mundo está enloquecido por la manía de poseer cosas. Todas las cosas débiles y frágiles ...
JOHN GREEN Mira todos esos callejones, esas calles que giran sobre si mismas, todas las casas que construyeron ...
JOHN GREEN Te cuento lo que no me gusta: desde aquí no se ve el óxido, la pintura cayéndose y todo eso, pero...
JOHN GREEN No puedes separar a la Margo persona de la Margo cuerpo. No puedes ver lo uno sin lo otro… Al fina...
JOHN GREEN No soy guapa, al menos no de cerca. En general, cuanto más se me acercan, menos guapa les parezco.
JOHN GREEN La belleza de Margo era una especie de recipiente de perfección cerrado, intacto e irrompible.
JOHN GREEN Recuerda que algunas veces las personas no son como crees que son.
JOHN GREEN Después de besarnos, nos miramos tan de cerca que nuestras frentes se tocan. Sí, la veo casi a la ...
JOHN GREEN Estoy en este estacionamiento pensando que nunca he estado tan lejos de casa, y aquí esta la chica ...
JOHN GREEN Cuando pensaba en él muriendo, que admito que no ha sido muchas veces, siempre pensaba en lo que di...
JOHN GREEN Nunca había visto sus ojos muertos hasta ese punto, pero quizá nunca antes había visto sus ojos.
JOHN GREEN Creo que el futuro merece que creamos en él.
JOHN GREEN El futuro está formado por horas.
JOHN GREEN Es fácil que te guste alguien desde la distancia. Pero cuando deja de ser algo increíble e inalcan...
JOHN GREEN Ese algo más profundo y más secreto. Son como grietas dentro de ti. Como líneas defectuosas en la...
JOHN GREEN Un punto en el mapa se convirtió en un lugar real, más real de lo que las personas que crearon ese...
JOHN GREEN Miraba hacia abajo y pensaba que yo era de papel.
JOHN GREEN Una ciudad de papel para una chica de papel.
JOHN GREEN Para mi habías sido como un chico de papel todos estos años… Dos dimensiones como personaje en e...
JOHN GREEN La ciudad era papel, pero los recuerdos no.
JOHN GREEN No estoy diciendo que pueda sobrevivirse a todo. Sólo que puede sobrevivirse a todo, menos a lo úl...
JOHN GREEN No puedo creer que no quisieras que te encontrara.
JOHN GREEN Que engañoso creer que una persona es algo más que una persona.
JOHN GREEN I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
STEVEN SPIELBERG Susan and I have been relentlessly pursued by the Office of Independent Counsel,
JULIE MYERS Your life can sometimes resemble an revolving door , when it spins your exit can pass right by you ,...
DORIAN THOMAS VON KLAUS Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest sur...
ROBERTSON DAVIES By John.
JAMES TURNER If you hear a voice within you saying, ''You are not a painter,'' then by all means paint… and tha...
VINCENT VAN GOGH Al in de vroege ochtend, het was bijna nog nacht, had Gregor de gelegenheid de kracht van zijn zojui...
FRANZ KAFKA Leven met hoop
is ‘s avonds
opstappen
naar het oosten toe,
de nacht heel z...
WIM Now, 'that sort of Bear' is of course a bear who wants to be flattered, and it is plain that ...
FREDERICK C. CREWS Leven is het weer. Leven is maaltijden. Lunch op een blauw-geruit kleed waar zout op is gemorst. De ...
JAMES SALTER I want to leave a mark.
But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars.
JOHN GREEN Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
JIM ROHN […]
Ik spaarde me in die tijd tot het uiterste in
om minder jong te worden-
w...
TOON TELLEGEN […]
Ik spande me in die tijd tot het uiterste in
om minder jong te worden-
wa...
TOON TELLEGEN Los hombres, como los niños, caminando a tientas sobre la tierra, ignorando de dónde vienen y adó...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
STEVEN SPIELBERG Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those
who denounce what they do themselv...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) [But Herbert says the de-clawed bear never gets too rough and will back off if he shouts] No! ... He...
DANIEL HERBERT Everybody's looking for a peaceful exit.
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN How do you know about the world is real?...
How?...
How you don't think that you are locke...
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JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD While 'The Endless Summer' poster was designed at the Art Center College of Design in the co...
JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD 'The Next Wave' started as a drawing for a new silkscreen fine art print. I ended up doing t...
JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.
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JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the...
JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD Not only is there often a right and wrong, but what goes around does come around, Karma exists, chic...
DONALD VAN DE MARK Only the best is good enough.
LEON VAN DE PAS Life is easy, its people that make it complicated
LEON VAN DE PAS Most valuable things in live you can not buy
LEON VAN DE PAS Your life is a trajectory. Every choice you make alters that trajectory, in a positive or negative w...
DONALD VAN DE MARK We have no problems, only challenges
LEON VAN DE PAS If you love, you don't count
LEON VAN DE PAS When a new president takes over, changes in athletic directors aren't uncommon and the same can be s...
BRUCE VAN DE VELDE A customer is never wrong . . .
LEON VAN DE PAS What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite pla...
JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING One day without fun is one day lost forever
LEON VAN DE PAS No competitor can beat a passionate team
LEON VAN DE PAS I see her as big time. Barring any injuries, if she stays on the path she's on right now she can be ...
DENISE VAN DE WALLE People definitely know who she is.
DENISE VAN DE WALLE I'm very excited to have Ohio State in here, because {coach} Jim's {Stone} a friend of mine. We went...
DENISE VAN DE WALLE Damon brought me the information and the guarantees were in line with the budget we had. I had no id...
BRUCE VAN DE VELDE It's a nice location, actually. It worked out pretty good.
BRUCE VAN DE VELDE I've really worked hard at instilling integrity into the department, instilling some financial disci...
BRUCE VAN DE VELDE Regardless of the reason, we have the right to expect better from such a prominent member of the Iow...
BRUCE VAN DE VELDE In today's world on-going learning is not a lifestyle option but a lifelong necessity.
RICHARD JOHN VAN ZYL People are born in light but mostly die in darkness.
RICHARD JOHN VAN ZYL The measure of man is not what he appropriates from society but what he bequeaths to society.
RICHARD JOHN VAN ZYL It isn't very easy for me to even tell myself what the motivation was to come here. I went into this...
LT RICHARD VAN DE GEER You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book.
JOHN DE MOL, JR. When we started with 'Big Brother' and created the reality genre, no one could ever foresee ...
JOHN DE MOL, JR. What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen...
JOHN DE MOL, JR. 'Utopia' is a positive and constructive program that gives people the opportunity, if you ca...
JOHN DE MOL, JR. In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look a...
JOHN DE MOL, JR. I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything ...
VAN MORRISON You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not becau...
VAN MORRISON When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the dist...
VAN MORRISON It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all...
VAN MORRISON Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
VAN MORRISON You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
VAN MORRISON If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit...
VAN MORRISON I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
VAN MORRISON I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I ...
VAN MORRISON What you see is what you get.
VAN MORRISON The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
VAN MORRISON There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don&...
VAN MORRISON A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'...
VAN MORRISON Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.
VAN MORRISON I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
VAN MORRISON In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.
VAN MORRISON If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.
VAN MORRISON I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.
VAN MORRISON Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.
VAN MORRISON I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling ...
VAN MORRISON The future is keeping you out of the present time.
VAN MORRISON You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't b...
VAN JONES Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin...
VAN JONES I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explai...
VAN JONES I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.
VAN CLIBURN An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something...
VAN CLIBURN These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a ...
VAN MORRISON If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into...
VAN GOGH Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
VAN MORRISON Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it ...
VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the pur...
VAN HARTMANN There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
VAN MORRISON When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassid...
VAN MORRISON I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club...
VAN MORRISON hark, now hear the sailors cry,
smell the sea, and feel the sky
let your soul & spir...
VAN MORRISON From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road -- We'll be lovers once again on t...
VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the p...
VAN HARTMANN In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.
VAN MORRISON Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.
VAN PANOPOULOS I think that's the best Tina played all year,
VAN CHANCELLOR I hadn't slept a wink in a week. I've never been in a game that meant any more to me than this game.
VAN CHANCELLOR He has a lot of the same skills, just isn't as polished and refined at this point.
VAN COLEMAN [In] I Forgot That Love Existed, ... If my heart could do the thinking/ And my head begin to feel/ T...
VAN MORRISON I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. Tha...
VAN MORRISON His sound was stunning -- it was the blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing -- it was all th...
VAN MORRISON [10.] Cleaning Windows ... Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast.
VAN MORRISON I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I ...
VAN MORRISON Then let's go to the funeral home. My son was beaten so badly it was unbelievable. We had to close t...
VAN HORN News should be based on facts. If not, it's a show
to damage people, to slander people. That is n...
ANITA VAN I think what the family is doing is terrible. I don't think it's their right to do these things like...
ANITA VAN This just goes to show you that what you want is a lot of people looking for stuff. You want them to...
VAN TURNER Science marches slowly, and my biggest fear all along has been that another specimen of the same ani...
VAN TURNER Give Nicole Powell credit for making a great shot,
VAN CHANCELLOR I've been tailgating here for about 15 years, and I like tailgating here better than at Auburn,
VAN HORN News should be based on facts. If not, it's a show … to damage people, to slander people. That is ...
ANITA VAN Early on in MTV's life cycle, the novelty of the video wore off.
VAN TOFFLER We had preordered and also had cheese quiche with potato crust. It was absolutely wonderful,
VAN HORN It's tough to be a really good team when you're losing guys out of your state, ... I think that's so...
VAN ALSTYNE That's how my career has been, ... It's been a battle with ups and downs.
VAN ALSTYNE It was a crime of opportunity. One of the females entered the office, there was money that had been ...
VAN ALSTYNE a small town with a big heart.
VAN ALSTYNE Great Days of Service.
VAN ALSTYNE My doctor was discouraged because the drugs that I had been taking had so many side effects, ... And...
VAN ALSTYNE There is nothing (educators) can do inside this classroom that is going to solve this problem unless...
VAN ALLEN The meet this past weekend really marked a point where we set new standards for our team at Hopkins.
VAN ALLEN We have never had this much depth on the women's sprint side. We have very healthy inter-team compet...
VAN ALLEN I couldn't be more proud of the way we're competing right now.
VAN ALLEN Having that consistency in the coaching staff has really been helping all of our athletes improve.
VAN ALLEN We are looking forward to doing a little better. We have to recharge our batteries.
VAN SWEET I guess that the homework has not been done very well.
VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN She didn't concede, and I think that was probably appropriate.
VAN COLEMAN Blake is going to be our starting third baseman. He's on a mission. I told him third base could be h...
VAN HORN It's sort of the 19th century equivalent of a blow horn, ... It was used primarily as a form of comm...
BOBBY VAN You know, every time you visit a facility, you see things that are really great, ... We don't want t...
BOBBY VAN We want to go out into different areas of the county, where it's more accessible for citizens, to gi...
BOBBY VAN I understand they've come up with some more numbers on fuel costs, but I would still like to look fo...
BOBBY VAN It would be better to issue COs than to want for the federal government to order us to build somethi...
BOBBY VAN It was approved by the president's council and the white paper was accepted.
VAN HUYSSTEEN I see the maturity of Michelle Snow, getting better and better each day.
VAN CHANCELLOR The best times we’ve had on earth are usually with those we love.
VAN HARDEN I found parts all the way from cranial elements to the tail. I found individual vertebrae and fused ...
VAN TURNER Absolutely a good idea, but I'd recommend using a grout stain instead.
VAN PURCELL I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity
VAN MORRISON I think Stamps.com is well positioned versus their competitors, ... They approached this from the po...
VAN BAKER The accessory market, I don't see them going into that in a widespread basis with lots and lots of p...
VAN BAKER The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
VAN MORRISON Jump!
VAN HALEN and I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. an...
VAN MORRISON I think Stamps.com is well positioned versus their competitors. They approached this from the point ...
VAN BAKER has broken down the dam so that we can be brave, too.
VAN CLEVE First and foremost, Xbox 360 is a game machine, and so is anybody going to go out and buy an Xbox 36...
VAN BAKER Since we announced this campaign, there has been an incredible outpouring of support from the music ...
VAN TOFFLER Since we announced this campaign, there has been an incredible outpouring of support from the music ...
VAN TOFFLER A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappea...
VAN MORRISON They would often pull on his beard and say he must be the real Santa Claus,
VAN ORDEN He never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity
VAN JONES It's always the goal to come out and win. The field is definitely improving. I mean, all across the ...
LINDSAY VAN I just tried to focus on what I really needed to do. I haven't been feeling too well lately, but it ...
LINDSAY VAN Drew had a big day. He did a good job playing first base for us and made some things happen at the p...
VAN ARNOLD The media market it fragmenting like crazy right now,
VAN BAKER We do have great depth, and great depth is good,
VAN CHANCELLOR has truly recognized and received my deep love and lifetime devotion.
VAN CLIBURN He's a good, solid big-man recruit. He's long; he runs the floor really well, excellent shooting tou...
VAN COLEMAN Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on ...
VAN HEFLIN Hunters need to remember that there are many other folks spending time outdoors during early Septemb...
VAN HORN Their inside game allowed them to get things done. We had too many scoring opportunities that we did...
VAN HOLT The Board can only do so much and we now have a better understanding of how this matter came to be, ...
VAN HUYSSTEEN I can't help but feel we are being used as a pawn in the political game, and I'm not going to take i...
VAN JOHNSON The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and ...
HECTOR ST. JOHN DE CREVECOEUR Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas.
DRIES VAN NOTEN Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate.
DRIES VAN NOTEN I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.
TOWNES VAN ZANDT One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
VINCENT VAN GOGH I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes an...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rew...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health.
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was gr...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend ...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that t...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly wh...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through l...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authori...
VAN WYCK BROOKS The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me...
VAN WYCK BROOKS If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad j...
VAN WYCK BROOKS It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led ...
VAN WYCK BROOKS Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
VAN WYCK BROOKS Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wh...
VAN WYCK BROOKS The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
VAN WYCK BROOKS The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
VAN WYCK BROOKS Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
VAN WYCK BROOKS Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
VINCENT VAN GOGH Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I ...
VINCENT VAN GOGH I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
VINCENT VAN GOGH The way to know life is to love many things.
VINCENT VAN GOGH Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.
VINCENT VAN GOGH Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wris...
HARRIET VAN HORNE One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure.
HARRIET VAN HORNE The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies.
MARTIN VAN BUREN One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by se...
VINCENT VAN GOGH There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most hone...
MARTIN VAN BUREN I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.
GUS VAN SANT There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
VINCENT VAN GOGH The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these...
VINCENT VAN GOGH It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and a...
VINCENT VAN GOGH If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the...
EDDIE VAN HALEN I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsessio...
STEVEN VAN ZANDT When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I ...
EDDIE VAN HALEN Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiven...
DICK VAN DYKE Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movi...
MAMIE VAN DOREN I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a ...
MAMIE VAN DOREN I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
MAMIE VAN DOREN I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
MAMIE VAN DOREN My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.
MAMIE VAN DOREN I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
MAMIE VAN DOREN I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to...
MAMIE VAN DOREN It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
MAMIE VAN DOREN When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it...
DICK VAN DYKE There doesn't seem to be a religion in 'Game of Thrones' that's totally peaceful... ...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle o...
GREG VAN EEKHOUT