Balkenende Jan Quotes & Sayings

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on. — Jan Peter Balkenende

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given. — Jan Peter Balkenende

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt. — Jan Peter Balkenende

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been. — Robert Henri

I let her ask the questions. Predictably, the main questions she had were 'What?' and 'Am I going to be on the menu?' Oh, and 'What? — Lia Habel

Racism ... fuelled by bitter assertions that no immigrant ever has the least respect for the environment in his adopted country because he never really believes it's his. — James Hamilton-Paterson

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. — Jan Peter Balkenende

It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike. — Joan Bauer

Peter. Peter Kavinsky. Even saying his name is a remembered pleasure, something to savor, like a piece of chocolate dissolving on my tongue. — Jenny Han

I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing. — J. D. Souther

Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are. — Jan Peter Balkenende

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything. — Seann William Scott

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende

When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from what I read on Goth blog sites. — Christopher Moore

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind. — Jan Peter Balkenende

The necessity for co-operation between Europe and the United States is bigger than ever. Only by close transatlantic co-operation can we face the world's challenges. — Jan Peter Balkenende

Freedom is a universal value. — Jan Peter Balkenende

I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems. — Tom Cruise

We can no more tolerate neutrality and benevolence toward every conceivable form of discourse, including that of magical thinking, than we can lump together executioner and victim, good and evil. — Michel Onfray

The Asian nation's oil demand is expected to grow this year by 800,000 barrels per day and represents more than one-third of the total growth in global demand, according to the Energy Information Agency. — Gary Miller

...as to try to interest me about the less carnivora, when I know of what is before me."
"I see," I said. "You want big things that you can make your teeth meet in? How would you like to breakfast on an elephant? — Bram Stoker