Mierlo Zoo Quotes & Sayings

The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who dispenses them; when we know that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation. — Brother Lawrence

Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.' — E.L. Konigsburg

Orsini and one of his fellow conspirators were guillotined, and an accomplice called Carlo di Rudio was transported to Devil's Island, the notorious French prison camp in French Guiana. He escaped and later fought alongside General Custer at Little Big Horn. True to form, he survived. — Stephen Clarke

You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was at its peak, I was intimidating. I made guys cave in. They'd be dejected in the locker room after matches, and I'd go out for a run, as if it wasn't enough. I'd rub it in their faces. I meant to do that. — Jim Courier

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. — Frederick Douglass

He'd just have to lie there and die, watched over by strange stars who didn't know him, didn't care for him. It was very sad, really. — John Flanagan

Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few. — Robert Ludlum