Govaert Makelaardij Quotes & Sayings

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods. — Seneca The Younger

If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal. — Tom Sharpe

After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface. — Edward Hopper

Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical."
"That's just a story."
"So are we- we're stories too. — Matthew Quick

The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life. — Leon Edel

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back — Will Rogers

The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible. — Simone Weil

What I loved in the man was his health, his unity with himself; all people and all things seemed to find their quite peaceable adjustment with him, not a proud domineering one, as after doubtful contest, but a spontaneous-looking peaceable, even humble one. — Thomas Carlyle

When an aircraft seems motionless, it's either heading directly toward you or directly away. Better know which it is or you're dead. — Patricia Cornwell

When she spoke at last, I knew at once that she was rather drunk. "Seen something you fancy, Nancy? ... " she said.
I swallowed, unsure of what reply to make to her. She walked closer, then stopped a few paces from me, and continued to fix me with the same even, arrogant gaze. — Sarah Waters