Huib Ovaa Quotes & Sayings

It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them. — Epictetus

I sometimes like to daydream that if we were all somehow simultaneously outed as lechers and perverts and sentimental slobs, it might be, after the initial shock of disillusionment, liberating. It might be a relief to quit maintaining the rigid pose of normalcy and own up to the outlaws and monsters we are. — Tim Kreider

My sisters are stronger and my brother's bigger than me. — Adam Sandler

I've never really had any barrier to break I guess. I don't really have anything to rebel against. I'm quite lucky. — Emma Watson

When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment can open in a gaze from a stranger, or in a conversation with someone you know well. Suddenly, without their intending it or being conscious of it, their gaze lasts for only a second. In that slightest interim, something more than the person looks out. — John O'Donohue

He felt singularly light-hearted, and the immediate cause was his safety razor. A week ago he had bought the thing in a sudden fit of enterprise, and now he shaved in five minutes, where before he had taken twenty, and no longer confronted his fellows, at least one day in three, with a countenance ludicrously mottled by sticking-plaster. — John Buchan

Marriages are best made of dissimilar material. — Theodore Parker

Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus. — Rob Bell

Another area where we can do better is in promoting partnerships. The proliferation of diplomatic partnerships, in my view, is one of the most significant strategic trends regionally and worldwide. — Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Instead of prosperity, socialism has brought economic paralysis and/or collapse to every country that tried it. The degree of socialization has been the degree of disaster. The consequences have varied accordingly. — Ayn Rand

They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the time, who knows, if we behave they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are. — Bella Abzug

Kara do you love Brad?'
All my heart.'
Then how can you let him leave next year?'
I guess love isn't enough sometimes. — Patrick Jones

Jesus is not life enhancement. Jesus is life. — Mark Hall

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl