Merwedestraat Quotes & Sayings

Rarely are there photographs or films of death by bombs or missiles. Therefore, the moment a mother and her children die when a U.S. missile hits their house makes no emotional impact on us. We don't see that moment, so it almost always remains anonymous. IS — Jurgen Todenhofer

The whole point lies here: we should reflect that we are promised long life in so far as it is a blessing of God; and that it is a blessing only in so far as it is an evidence of God's favor, which he testifies to his servants far more richly and substantially through death, and proves it in the reality. — John Calvin

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie. — Demetri Martin

A train of thought is never false. The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence. — Joseph Conrad

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs. — Phil Gramm

Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary. — Samuel Johnson

Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference. — P. J. O'Rourke

You'd think a responsible parent or two might've uttered the magic words "Settle the fuck down," but nah. — Adam Resnick

You've been avoiding me," he said, talking to the sandwich.
I laughed. He looked over at me. "Sorry. I just realized that you talk to a lot of inanimate objects. — Rachel Hawthorne

Because industrial cycles are never complete - because there is no return - there are two characteristic results of industrial enterprise: exhaustion and contamination. The energy industry, for instance, is not a cycle, but only a short arc between an empty hole and poisoned air. And farming, which is inherently cyclic, capable of regenerating and reproducing itself indefinitely, becomes similarly destructive and self-exhausting when transformed into an industry. Agricultural pollution is a serious and growing problem. And industrial agriculture is forced by its very character to treat the soil itself as a "raw material," which it proceeds to "use up." It has been estimated, for instance, that at the present rate of cropland erosion Iowa's soil will be exhausted by the year 2050. I have seen no attempt to calculate the human cost of such farming - by attrition, displacement, social disruption, etc. - I assume because it is incalculable. This — Wendell Berry

When we think about what might go wrong, we're more likely to design something that goes right. — Seth Godin

I always thought it would be funny to have the Parents Television Council write an episode of 'Family Guy' and give them full creative control. Then see how good the episode is. That's something we've actually discussed in the writers' room. We haven't proposed it yet, but if somebody from the PTC reads this, it might be worth discussing. — Seth MacFarlane