Mahieu Oudenburg Quotes & Sayings

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their day. — Seymour Stein

I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were not mine. I never felt them. I liked how open in most ways Catalan nationalism was, compared to Irish nationalism. I disliked the violence and cruelty in Ireland. — Colm Toibin

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. — Edward De Bono

People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way. — Moby

I like to fish when it's not too hot. — Josh Turner

Somewhere deep in my mind, I knew he could be my new ocean. — Kitty Thomas

It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered. — Robin McKinley

If the thing you said you'd do becomes successful, continue to act and think like it is unsuccessful, otherwise you'll spend your time worrying that it might become unsuccessful. — Pleasefindthis

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out. — Alan Cohen

You are kind," she said softly. "I am not kind," Kjell scoffed. "And you are good," she added. "I am not good!" he laughed. "I have never known a man like you." "You were a slave in Quondoon! The men you knew were not trying to impress you." "Neither are you, Captain. Yet I am still impressed." "Then you have a lot to learn." She — Amy Harmon

Happy? Most of the time? Happiness is always a fleeting thing," he said, "It never rests upon anyone as a permanent state, though many of us persist in believing in the foolish idea that if this would just happen or that we would be happy for the rest of our lives. I know moments of happiness just as most other people do. Perhaps I have learned to find it in ways that would pass some people by. I feel the summer heat here at this moment and see the trees and the water and hear that invisible gull overhead. I feel the novelty of having company when I usually come here alone. And this moment brings me happiness. — Mary Balogh

Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable. — Hesiod