Paridaens Instituut Quotes & Sayings

Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction
that would not be anything to be deplored
but a weakness of conviction. — Franz Kafka

Chese now," quod she, "oon of thise thynges tweye:
To han me foul and old til that I deye,
And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf,
And nevere yow displese in al my lyf,
Or elles ye wol han me yong and fair,
And take youre aventure of the repair
That shal be to youre hous by cause of me,
Or in som oother place, may wel be.
Now chese yourselven, wheither that yow liketh. — Geoffrey Chaucer

When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death of the republic is at hand. — William Randolph Hearst

I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do. — Gary Johnson

Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German. — Stefan Zweig

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there. — Will Hobbs

And there he stood, holding his head high in silent approval of his crew's fine work.

Her heart leaped all the way up into her throat. She knew one of those ships was his, the ship he named for her - the Varina. She couldn't say how, but she felt it the instant she heard the lookout announce their allies' arrival on the scene. — Jennifer McKeithen

It was a nice face, a face you get to like. Pretty, but not so pretty that you would have to wear brass knuckles every time you took it out. — Raymond Chandler

Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix. — Edward Coke

The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can. — Chris Moneymaker

I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education. — Bailee Madison

When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice - arrives on its own, as an extension of a writer's character. When style is done self-consciously and purposefully it becomes affectation, and as transparent as any affectation - an English accent on an old college chum from New Jersey, for example. — Bill Roorbach

There, where one burns books, one in the end burns men. — Heinrich Heine