Bruges Brussels Quotes & Sayings

Great beauty and youth capture our attention, excite a deep pleasure; however, why shouldn't our souls gaze at a countenance over which the years have passed? Isn't there a story there, one unknown, full of pain or beauty, which pours its reflection into the features, a story we can read with some compassion or at least get a slight hint of its meaning? The young point toward the future; the old tell of a past. — Adalbert Stifter

Where there's a will, there's a way. Yeah, better hope you get left tons of money. — Kirn Hans

We are convinced that all of our race who die in infancy partake in the redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus. Whatever some may think, we believe that the whole spirit and tone of the Word of God, as well as the nature of God Himself, lead us to believe that all who leave this world as babes are saved. — Charles Spurgeon

Was U.S. entry into World War I such an act of genius that criticizing it is necessarily perverse? — Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Process transforms any journey into a series of small steps, taken one by one, to reach any goal. Process transcends time, teaches patience, rests on a solid foundation of careful preparation, and embodies trust in our unfolding potential. — Dan Millman

The library, I believe, is the last of our public institutions to which you can go without credentials. You don't even need the sticker on your windshield that you need to get into the public beach. All you need is the willingness to read. — Harry Golden

Brotherly love is the bond of brotherhood. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is both. I know how great running can feel, but I also know it can feel not so great, even downright awful! It can be fun, but it takes work to have that fun. — Grete Waitz

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. — Katharine Hepburn

For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia]. — Angelina Jolie

That moment when you are standing at the edge of a life decision may be terrifying, but if you don't jump in - you'll never know! — Maggie Pajak

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise. — Aristotle.

Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people used to define that. Is black your experience or the color of your skin? My experience is as a Mexican immigrant, more so than someone like George Lopez. He's from California. But he'll be treated as an immigrant. I am an outsider. My abuelita, my grandmother, didn't speak English. My whole family on my dad's side is in Mexico. I won't ever be called that or treated that way, but it was my experience. — Louis C.K.

Modern Western democracies no longer engage in such despotic assaults on freedom, Instead, they deprive people of liberty indirectly, by relieving them of responsibility for their own (allegedly self-injurious) actions and calling the intervention treatment. — Thomas Szasz

Hannah and Kayla are talking without saying anything. Their conversation goes like this:
Hannah: Uh-huh.
Kayla: It was like, ugh!
Hannah: I know.
Kayla: Shit. Come on!
Hannah: Well, you know, whatever.
Kayla: I guess, but still.
Hannah: Yeah.
Kayla: You know?
Hannah: Yeah. — Deb Caletti