Uiltje Knappen Quotes & Sayings

Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. — George Washington

Salman Rushdie said, "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."
So if someone tells me I've written something that's historically inaccurate, I can just tell them, "Salman Rushdie said I could." — Veronica Bale

Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity. — George Eliot

I gaze at her beautiful face and realize all the beautiful moments in my life have been with her by my side. — Jillian Dodd

Fame makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that. — Michael Hutchence

Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies. — Charles Platt

Nature has always had more force than education. — Voltaire

If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort. — Robert Breault

In a world of wolves one should go armed, and one of the most powerful defensive weapons within the reach of Negroes is the practice of race first in all parts of the world. — Marcus Garvey