Overschot Vertaling Quotes & Sayings

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people. — Mario Monti

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all. — Harold Wilson

I love rings, but I can't wear them. I mean, look at my knuckles. My fingers and joints are so swollen from years of playing. That means no wedding band, either. Luckily, I have a very understanding wife. — Justin Tuck

I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there. — Jim Fowler

Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed. — T. Scott McLeod

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt. — Mark Twain

Rudolph Walsh, you are my fierce advocate, and your wit and wisdom — Curtis Sittenfeld

I recollected that [the rattlesnake's] eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids. She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal. Conscious of this, she never wounds 'till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of treading on her. — Benjamin Franklin

I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct. — Kate Burton

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing. — Joe Klein

You have had me spinning for days, for I am drunk off the words that flow endlessly from your deep red lips that taste of wine. — Karen Quan

Facilis descensus Averni," he whispered, his ominous and preternatural words striking her very soul. "The descent to Hell is easy. — Sylvain Reynard

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others. — Kevin Johnson

I was just an ordinary player with a big heart and a fighting spirit to recommend me. — Sean Fallon