Bouke Scholten Quotes & Sayings

Passionless is vulgar ("Metier: Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka") — William S. Wilson

Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after one's goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life. — Kim Yuna

The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day. — Irving Stone

No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will be blamed on whatever small zone of freedom that remains. — Sheldon Richman

Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself.
I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound. — Marcus Miller

Failing to continue to support the public higher-ed system in California will have devastating long-term consequences. — Mitch Kapor

If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that. — Lynn Nottage

Before they had kids, if asked to conjure images of parenthood they would have said things like "Reading in bed," and "Giving a bath," and "Running while holding the seat of a bicycle." Parenthood contains such moments of warmth and intimacy, but isn't them. It's cleaning up. The great bulk of family life involves no exchange of love, and no meaning, only fulfillment. Not the fulfillment of feeling fulfilled, but of fulfilling that which now falls to you. — Jonathan Safran Foer

I know how to wait for clarity to emerge from chaos. I know what it is to trust in the power of the unseen. — Heather Sellers

Strong is the hand that lifts the soul. — Jana Fayne Kolpen

Writers are storytellers. So are readers. — Oliver North

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.' — Michelle Phan