King Willem Alexander Quotes & Sayings

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job. — Jackie Cooper

I know what it's like to not have hope," Qhuinn said roughly. "But destiny can surprise you. — J.R. Ward

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. — Maria Augusta Von Trapp

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes. — James Garner

That we have ignored the lessons of modern war poetry speaks volumes to the lack of concern for that which we do not endure. — David McDonald

I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability in this country, but also a 21st-century king who can unite, represent and encourage society. — Willem-Alexander, Prince Of Orange

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. — Nelson Mandela

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored! — Isabella Rossellini

When you consider how great and immediate is the problem of existence, this ambiguous, tormented, fleeting, dream-like existence - so great and so immediate that as soon as you are aware of it, it overshadows and obscures all other problems and aims; and when you then see how men, with a few rare exceptions, have no clear awareness of this problem, indeed seem not to be conscious of it at all, but concern themselves with anything rather than this problem, and live on taking thought only for the day and for the hardly longer span of their own individual future, either expressly refusing to consider this problem or contenting themselves with some system of popular metaphysics.. — Arthur Schopenhauer

True life balance takes concentration, confidence, self-esteem, a positive mental attitude, and self-control. It's a challenge, for sure, but it's a challenge worth taking on. — Jay Rifenbary

You stay married thirty-four years, you don't have to prove who's got the bigger balls. Just take it for granted she does. — Jamie Farrell

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. — Linus Torvalds