Hubrecht Instituut Quotes & Sayings

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes. — Desmond Tutu

I don't much like to think that being a bachelor girl limits how you see the world. On the other hand, I know it certainly limits how the world sees you. — Wendy Wasserstein

After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game. — Gunter Grass

In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous. — Archie Shepp

Maybe he was the kind of man to leave the cap from the toothpaste. That was a deal breaker for all women. God forbid he had mommy issues. — V. Theia

I'd felt obligated to get Ian a Christmas present. A chunk of coal sat in a brightly wrapped box under the tree, his name written in big bold letters on the front of it.
Ian might be family, but he still had been a very naughty boy this year. — Jeaniene Frost

It's one thing to impress people, but it's another to love them. — Donald Miller

Simplicity; it looks just adorable. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly. — Iris Chang

In the dark, all cats are gray . . . and to the blind, they're no color at all. — Stephen King

Science, as well as technology, will in the near and in the farther future increasingly turn from problems of intensity, substance, and energy, to problems of structure, organization, information, and control. — John Von Neumann

For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums. — Michel Faber

Lewis Alison, a dark, craggy man of more than common height, gave no sign of sharing in the general curiosity. He stayed in his place, seeming to have wrapped himself in a composure not easily disturbed. — Charles Morgan

My consuming lust was to experience their bodies. I viewed them as objects, as strangers. It is hard for me to believe a human being could have done what I've done. — Jeffrey Dahmer