Tilbake Norwegian Quotes & Sayings

I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way ... But lo! men have become the tools of their tools ... We have built for this world a family mansion, and for the next a family tomb. — Henry David Thoreau

Retiring today allows me to walk away from the game with pride, rather than have the game walk away from me. — Nicklas Lidstrom

One cannot keep all the old views and opinions and acquire new ones. — P.D. Ouspensky

Sometimes siblings can get in each other's space. — Gisele Bundchen

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career. — Patrick Chan

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay. — Libby Houston

A woman who does not guard and treasure herself cannot be of very much value to anyone else. — John D. MacDonald

My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, too. My teachers didn't like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse. — W.E.B. Du Bois

What we get from each moment depends on the attention we give it, and the quality of our experience reflects the quality of our awareness. — Roger N. Walsh

The foundations of all equity are destroyed when truth has fallen. — John Murray

What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed. — Brooke Shields