De Koning Quotes & Sayings

Martina Navratilova said in the early '90s that Seles would inspire the players of the future to also use two-handed forehands. That didn't happen, but she is responsible for the all-out aggression with which most of the top players play. All the low trajectory shots hit with just moderate amounts of spin and traveling into the corners like heat-seeking missiles? You guessed it, Monica's to blame. — Dave McPherson

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another. — John Stuart Mill

Happiness can be a simple thing just like dreaming of someone you've missed for a long time. — Jhane Barnes

I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, not what should be, not what ought to be, not what once was.
Only the is. — Augusten Burroughs

It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing. — Freya Stark

Spiritual maturity is a natural part of sentient evolution — Jonathan R. Banks

I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this movie, and that's the way I approach my films. — Justin Simien

Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS). — John Green

I have never passed a bookstore without going inside; it's sacrilegious — Denise Hildreth Jones

It's not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone. — Kobe Bryant

Alas, woman is faithful as long as she loves, but you demand that she be faithful without love and give herself without enjoyment. Who is cruel then, woman or man? — Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch