Ernst Middendorp Quotes & Sayings

When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above ground For any sage's creed or calculation)- A mode of proving that the earth turn'd round In a most natural whirl, called 'gravitation'; And this is the sole mortal who could grapple, Since Adam, with a fall, or with an apple. — Lord Byron

Keep focus to realize the goal. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it. — Larry Hagman

(Like a lot of middle-class kids, I needed my punk rock and rebellion underwritten by my parents.) — Carrie Brownstein

I wasn't saying you were heartbroken." I sound like English is a new language for me, the way I stutter out the words. "I just meant it was hard for me to ... to watch."
He neither confirms nor denies that he might or might not have been even a teeny bit heartbroken. — Susan Ee

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem. — George W. Bush

It is better to work in a prison than to live in one. — Brenda Winters

Japan has a fundamental problem with information itself: it's often lacking, and when it does exist, is fuzzy at its best, bogus at its worst. In this respect, Japan's traditional culture stands squarely at odds with modernity - and the problem will persist. The issue of hidden or falsified information strikes at such deeply rooted social attitudes that the nation may never entirely come to grips with it. Because of this, one may confidently predict that in the coming decades Japan will continue to have trouble digesting new ideas from abroad - and will find it more and more difficult to manage its own increasingly baroque and byzantine internal systems. — Alex Kerr

My mother always pouted that it was actually her paintings and not her charm, her beauty or her sass that made him fall in love with her.
He'd always insisted that it was definitely her sass.
I knew the truth. He fell for all those things, and when she died, it was like someone had extinguished the sun, and he had nothing left to orbit. — Tammara Webber

Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith. — John Wesley

It's really hard when a celebrity dies out of nowhere, 'cause it's very shocking ... surreal. — Ashley Tisdale

You can put on a mask and a costume for the rest of the world, but you can't hide from the people who changed your diapers. — Lisa Unger

You can attain your highest potential. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man (or woman) is a slave to his own weaknesses. — Alan Valentine

Life is about holding on and letting go. — Keith Urban