Meeusen Potgrond Quotes & Sayings

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans ... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe. — Kevin J. Anderson

It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book ... from the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way. — Gordon B. Hinckley

People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. But some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them. — Julie Mehretu

On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects. — Dolph Lundgren

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt. — Maimonides

I'm married, you know. I love my husband and I have a child. — Tina Fey

I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them. — Margaret Mahy

Aunt Hilda,' Violet — Laurel Remington

The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well. — Sigmund Freud

Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game. — Jacques Plante

The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin? — Philo

Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement. — Frances Moore Lappe

Muscles are like work animals that are quick on the uptake. If you carefully increase the load, step by step, they learn to take it. As long as you explain your expectations to them by actually showing them examples of the amount of work they have to endure, your muscles will comply and gradually get stronger. — Haruki Murakami

Everybody else needs mirrors to remind themselves who they are. You're no different. — Jonathan Nolan