Bovenaan Engels Quotes & Sayings

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. — Francois Rabelais

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
-Dr. Jose Rizal — Jose Rizal

A translation needs to read convincingly. There's no limit to what can go into it in terms of background research, feeling, or your own interests in form and history. But what should come out is something that reads as convincing English-language text. — Jonathan Galassi

I think I will be the most dressed [contestant and have] the most modest outfits for sure because that's who I am, — Bristol Palin

She says that I have to abstain from all sexual activity for the next four weeks."
Christian's mouth drops open in shock, and I cannot keep a straight face any longer and grin at him like an idiot.
"Gotcha!"
He narrows his eyes, and I immediately stop laughing. In fact, he looks rather forbidding. Oh shit. My subconscious quails me in the corner as all the blood drains from my face, and I imagine him putting me across his knee again.
"Gotcha!" He says and smirks. — E.L. James

Who are ye talkin' aboot?" said the voice, just at my elbow. "HOLY SHIT ON A FUCKING STICK!" I yelled, jumping as far to my left as I could, brandishing my weapon out in front of me. — Elle Casey

The fields from Islington to Marybone, To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood, Were builded over with pillars of gold; And there Jerusalem's pillars stood. — William Blake

Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard. — Kami Garcia

I can imagine anything except having no imagination. — Michael Chabon

The professor urged upon Fred that to base one's calculations on unobservables - such as God, such as the soul, such as the atom, such as the elementary particle - was nothing more than a comforting weakness. 'I don't deny that all human beings need comfort. But scientists should not indulge themselves on quite this scale. — Penelope Fitzgerald

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. — Michael N. Castle