Bereidwilligheid Quotes & Sayings

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good. — Oscar Wilde

I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good. — Gail Carriger

You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was at its peak, I was intimidating. I made guys cave in. They'd be dejected in the locker room after matches, and I'd go out for a run, as if it wasn't enough. I'd rub it in their faces. I meant to do that. — Jim Courier

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness. — Vince Cable

On the off chance my caller would tell me to quit drinking, I positioned myself on the sofa with two six-packs and a bottle of nice scotch. Then I turned on the TV and ate a sandwich made from leftover chicken lo mein. I call it a Chanwich. — David Sedaris

One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried. — E. M. Forster

She belonged to the common type: without ever really thinking it over in detail, she had considered herself a woman like the rest, with no reason for anything to happen to her that didn't also happen to all other women. It was as if this sort of thing happened to someone else, to an absolute someone else, which is to say, as if it didn't happen to anyone. — Cesar Aira

The things worth writing about, and the things worth reading about, are the things that feel almost beyond description at the start and are, because of that, frightening. — Douglas Coupland

People asked me to change my name for [808s] ... I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special. — Kanye West

My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity. — Okky Madasari

I'm an audience member first. My inspiration is still based on hunger. Often, when people try to tell me "nobody wants that story; I'm like bullshit because I want it." — Victoria Mahoney

Innocence is the twin of beauty. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise. — Walter Schloss

If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people. — Moby