Nicolien Van Quotes & Sayings

Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names. — Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

Well, she was through. If he wanted her, he'd have to do something about it. — Mary J. Williams

To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power. — R.A. Salvatore

Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify. — Ovid

The energy transition demands a clear vision of the steps that need to be taken and a stable, meaningful regulatory framework. It appears important to us to awaken public opinion to the fact that this transition will necessarily come at a cost and will, at least in the short term, involve a price increase. — Christophe De Margerie

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again. — Eliot Spitzer

In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them. — Carine Roitfeld

There's a reason why your toes are forward and your heels backward.
It means, step on your past with your heels and approach your furute with your toes. — Nomthandazo Tsembeni

Sample after sample. Class after class. Puzzle after puzzle. Day after day. Month after month. — James Dashner

Strength means ... acknowledging each of those feelings, your questions and ideas and faith and terror, and meeting what comes with the full force of your heart. — Brenda Shaughnessy

I very rarely listen to music in my car - a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I'm like a teenager. — Gillian Jacobs

Maybe we really are made of the same clay, maybe we really are condemned, blameless, to the same, identical mediocrity. — Elena Ferrante