Reikwijdte Betekenis Quotes & Sayings

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair. — Mario Cuomo

What could be more vexing than to be feted on his birthday when he wants nothing so much as to retreat in solitude to ponder the approach of his own mortality? — Richard T. Nash

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart. — Marjane Satrapi

I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if not happier, than at least more active, less hesitant, less distracted by trivia. I wish it had more shape. I wish t were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one's life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow. I'm sorry there is so much pain in this story. I'm sorry it's in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. But there is nothing I can do to change it. — Margaret Atwood

There were, however, a few exceptions.
One was Norma Dodsworth, the poet, who had not unpleasantly drunk but had been sensible enough to pass out before any violent action proved necessary. He had been deposited, not very gently, on the lawn, where it was hoped that a hyena would give him a rude awakening. For all practical purposes he could, therefore, be regarded as absent. — Arthur C. Clarke

What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love. — Seth Godin

Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I have spoken against war but that is no longer the issue. We must now stand together. — David Starr Jordan

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. — Dorothy L. Sayers

I think it's strange when people my age and younger get surgery. Somebody's got to play old people. — Ashley Jensen

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing. — Tift Merritt