Diederik Van Quotes & Sayings

I say to myself if you believe deeply in your heart you must defy, and if you are willing to pay for your defiance, you must always do it, even though the pain may be much. Too many times in our lives we do not do it, and we pay even more ... — James Frey

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted. — Thomas Carlyle

There is really just one reason why I used to be slower when I was younger: I was holding myself back. I've learned that these self-imposed limits are soft and malleable, not absolute. — Diederik Van Hoogstraten

In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue and white;
Like sapphire, pearl, and rich embroidery,
Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee;
Fairies use flower for their charactery. — William Shakespeare

Leavening the flat bread of what we know, with the yeast of what we dream may come to pass. — Clive Barker

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept. — Gerald McRaney

Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen. A Christian should be known in his neighborhood or place of business as an honest person. — Billy Graham

What man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches — Don Marquis

[The blame for the future 'plight of civilization] must rest on scientific men, equally with others, for being incapable of accepting the responsibility for the profound social upheavals which their own work primarily has brought about in human relationships. — Frederick Soddy

You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading ... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time. — Steven Wright

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information. — Ron Chernow

The body can feed the body only. — Henry David Thoreau

I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was. — Andrew VanWyngarden