Harderwijk Museum Quotes & Sayings

I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit. — John Slattery

In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way. — Mitch Glazer

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience. — John Henry Newman

The idea that the United States of American might shut down its government over abortion and funding to an organization that is 0.01% of the U.S. budget seems completely insane. Anyone looking at this debate around the world is thinking 'What is this country doing? They have three wars going on, they're trying to manage major problems and they're thinking of shutting down their government over abortion?' — Katty Kay

Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language. — Terry Jones

Meditation is not doing anything directly to your violence, not doing anything to your jealousy, to your hate. It
is simply brining light into your house, and the darkness disappears. — Rajneesh

Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity. — Ambrose Bierce

It is often said it is no matter what a man believes if he is only sincere. This is true of all minor truths, and false of all truths whose nature it is to fashion a man's life. It will make no difference in a man's harvest whether he thinks turnips have more saccharine matter than potatoes
whether corn is better than wheat. But let the man sincerely believe that seed planted without ploughing is as good as with, that January is as favorable for seed sowing as April, and that cockle seed will produce as good a harvest as wheat, and will it make no difference? — Henry Ward Beecher

A blend of good and bad characterized all humans, and to pretend to sort that out was an insult to human complexity. But at the same time, Sandro understood that people only tended to allow their own contradictions, and not those of others. It was OK to be murky to yourself, to know you weren't an angel, but other people had to be more cleanly divided into good and bad. — Rachel Kushner

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. — John Singer Sargent

My speech impediment had been absent for some time now - four months and six days. I'd almost imagined myself cured. So when Mother swept into the room all of a sudden - me, in a paroxysm of adjustment to my surroundings, and Binah, tucking my possessions here and there - and asked if my new quarters were to my liking, I was stunned by my inability to answer her. The door slammed in my throat, and the silence hung there. Mother looked at me and sighed. When she left, I willed my eyes to remain dry and turned away from Binah. I couldn't bear to hear one more Poor Miss Sarah. — Sue Monk Kidd

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying. — James Caan

People who have it too easy in early life have a disadvantage for later on, because they get to thinking that everything is going to be easy. — Mildred S. Dresselhaus