Cultuurjobs Quotes & Sayings

Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us. — Arthur Alfred Lynch

It was like fate was out to make me do everything I'd ever sworn I wouldn't in the course of twenty-four hours. — Stephenie Meyer

As an immerser I progressed to the ranks I aspired to - those that granted me a certain cachet and income while keeping me from fundamental responsibilities. This is what I excelled at: the life-technique of aggregated skill, luck, laziness and chutzpah that we call floaking. — China Mieville

He swallowed down the dry choking sobs which had been heaving up from his heart hitherto ... — Elizabeth Gaskell

I think all of us have our inner 13-year-old a lot closer to the surface than we're willing to admit even to ourselves. — Jennifer Garner

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors! — Muhammad

There is something horribly hypocritical about passing judgement on another human beings actions from the comfort and safety of an armchair — Daniel Allen Butler