Leendert De Ridder Quotes & Sayings

Alexander the Great once said that 'I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity!' What a great illusion is this! Wise man is he who always chooses to live longer and he who blesses the obscurity! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Caleb offered me a family, but you offered me something worth so much more: myself. — Bree Despain

My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with black actors in mind. — Gina Prince-Bythewood

Because what I say from that podium has got to be accurate, and I'm the only one who's going to be held liable if it's not accurate. — Ari Fleischer

Despite so many ordeals, my advanced age and the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well. — Sophocles

Calcifer," Sophie said, "I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you?" "It would if anyone else broke it," Calcifer said hoarsely. "That's why I asked you to do it. — Diana Wynne Jones

When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway. — Arundhati Roy

I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits. — Fay Godwin

Show me life as I've learned it:blood and guts,violence and sex. — Charlee Jacob

As every married person here knows, love is a rotten substitute for respect. — Kurt Vonnegut

For the first time, he allowed himself to think of the day when they might part, of what would come of her. He could not imagine a day without hearing the soft, sultry sound of her voice, of smelling roses and finding himself completely distracted by her scent, by the gentle sway of her hips, the soft brush of her hair against his skin. Her smiles alone were worth a king's ransom.
He would send her into a world where a hundred men would be eager to snatch up what he had tossed away so carelessly. They would not care if she ever smiled. Aye, he knew what would become of her. But what would become of him? — Elizabeth Elliott

Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first. — Charles Spurgeon

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? — Tanith Lee

I often find that when I fall into the trap of speaking too harshly, it is because I don't have enough confidence in the power of my own voice to carry sufficient strength on its own. When you realize that your speech can be powerful, you don't need to amplify that power by making personal attacks that overgeneralize the specific feedback you are trying to give. — Ethan Nichtern