Hannie Van Quotes & Sayings

What is the devotion if there is no temptation which is master on their own? The man is not God and his strength is just in that to suppress its nature, if there is nothing to suppress what's the difference? — Mesa Selimovic

The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes. — Yotam Ottolenghi

It is difficult to single out one sport over another, but if I have to name one in my separation suit, it will undoubtedly be football. — Erma Bombeck

The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking at. Then comes a time when a multitude of contradictory objections are raised, such as: the new theory is too fancy, or merely a new terminology; it is not fruitful, or simply wrong. Finally a state is reached when everyone seems to claim that he had always followed this theory. This usually marks the last state before general acceptance. — Kurt Lewin

In another life, I would be your belle — Katy Perry

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them. — Sophie Kinsella

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it. — Thiruvalluvar

She's different."
"Everyone is different."
"Then let's say I like the ways in which she's different. A wise man once told me no man can escape death, but it's how we run that defines us. And if I have to run, I think I'd like to go where she's going. — Michael J. Sullivan

They all agreed that things were better in the old days. Some of them were sad about it and some were bitter, but it was always, 'Nothing is as good as it used to be.' I swore I would never talk like that and you know what? Now that I'm an old lady myself, I think that most things are better than they used to be. Look at the computers. Look at your sister, the cardiologist, and you, graduating from Harvard. Don't talk to me about the good old days. What was so good? — Anita Diamant

Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don't see each other that often. — Nina Dobrev

People change, he thought -it's truism- but how? Our life is confined to days, after all: Sunday to Monday, dusk to dawn. What great alterations can take place in someone between breakfast and lunch? Is it possible to wake up as one person and fall asleep as another? — Sam Taylor

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. — Mary Schmich

I'm an artist, not a philosopher. — Robert Wilson