Onthoudingsverschijnselen Quotes & Sayings

It wouldn't be much fun living on a planet where grass could not grow. — Ruskin Bond

The unavoidable price of reliability is simplicity. — Tony Hoare

I'm sure the Bursar would not agree with those figures," said the Senior Wrangler sourly.
"That is so,' said Ponder, "but I'm afraid that is because he regards the decimal point as a nuisance. — Terry Pratchett

There is no trust more sacred than the
one the world holds with children. — Kofi Annan

They're the goverment," said Adam simply. "That's what goverments do. They've got this great big building in London full of books of all the things they've hushed up. When the Prime Minister gets in to work in the morning, the first thing he does is go through the big list of everything that's happened in the night and put this big red stamp on them. — Terry Pratchett

Go to hell." I walked back to my car. I barely heard his final words over the sound his engine. "If you come with me. — E.L. Todd

The world from it self is a brutal one. — Deyth Banger

Worry is a habit. Even if what you worry about comes true - good or bad - there will always be something else to worry about ... Break the habit! — Charles F. Glassman

In the story of life, the prologue and epilogue are written by God. Yet the plot has been given to us; therefore we should write the best prose we can. — James D. Maxon

How are you doing?" he asks and I grimace. "Okay, okay," he's talking quickly now. "The boys and I had a discussion and then we voted, and as a majority we think that you should look at this."
"What is it?" I ask cautiously, looking at the iPad he's proffering. "It's not porn again is it, because I told Bram that it doesn't help with all of life's problems, but he won't fucking listen. — Lily Morton

CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON — Charles Dickens

Infatuation means, 'A love that it is inconvenient to go on with. — Celia Fremlin

It was not a matter of miracles. It was not an expectation of miracles, frivolous in its impatience. Alyosha did not need miracles then for the triumph of certain convictions (it was not that at all), nor so that some sort of former, preconceived idea would quickly triumph over another ... Again, it was not miracles he needed, but only a "higher justice," which, as he believed, had been violated
it was this that wounded his heart so cruelly and suddenly ... it was justice, justice he thirsted for, not simply miracles! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Just as the ancients danced to call upon the spirits in nature, we too can dance to find the spirits within ourselves that have been long buried and forgotten. — Anna Halprin

A bargain,' said the son. 'Here's the rule for bargains -"Do other men, for they would do you." That's the true business precept. All others are counterfeits. — Charles Dickens