Stientje Van Quotes & Sayings

Look at me, I'm getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I'll have to find out who that was and if he's still alive. — Paul Reubens

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.' — Eve Arnold

How would I be doing this differently if I were WILLING to let it be easy? — Alan Cohen

God's signature is not just in the cell, it's in all of creation. God is as necessary to the universe as a band is to music. Once the band stops playing, the music is over. — Frank Turek

It didn't matter what he'd said or done in life, in death he was innocent. — Callie Hunter

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him ... he never bores me, and he doesn't ... not only bore me, that's too strong a word. — Peter Shaffer

Criticism is now become mere hangman's work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their absurdities than excellence ; and you cannot displease him more than in leaving him little room for his malice. — John Dryden

We do not live in a time when knowledge can be extended along a pathway smooth and free from obstacles, as at the time of the discovery of the infinitesimal calculus, and in a measure also when in the development of projective geometry obstacles were suddenly removed which, having hemmed progress for a long time, permitted a stream of investigators to pour in upon virgin soil. There is no longer any browsing along the beaten paths; and into the primeval forest only those may venture who are equipped with the sharpest tools. — Heinrich Burkhardt

What do you know?"
"Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes."
"What do you want, then?"
"What I can't have." Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. "Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed. — Brandon Sanderson

The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel, and in promoting peace and spiritual growth. — Heber J. Grant

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
— Samuel Beckett

Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around. — Bryan White

Each person in your life is a teacher, each experience in your life is a lesson. Living is like looking into a mirror, every teacher is you. — L.J. Vanier