Van Der Heide Quotes & Sayings

Imagination is an instrument of survival. — Rogier Van Der Heide

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas. — Ed Gillespie

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York. — William Lyon Phelps

Water is one of the most basic of all needs - we cannot live for more than a few days without it. And yet, most people take water for granted. We waste water needlessly and don't realize that clean water is a very limited resource. More than 1 billion people around the world have no access to safe, clean drinking water, and over 2.5 billion do not have adequate sanitation service. Over 2 million people die each year because of unsafe water - and most of them are children! — Robert Alan Aurthur

It's easy to be cynical in this day and age, but I believe that everyone has some good in them. And by good, I'm referring to "good cholesterol". — John Hartnett

We have to rethink the way we light our cities. We have to think again about light as a default solution. Why are all these motorways permanently lit? Is it really needed? Can we maybe be much more selective and create better environments that also benefit from darkness? Can we be more gentle with light? — Rogier Van Der Heide

1. Seek God. 2. Fight fair. 3. Have fun. 4. Stay pure. 5. Never give up. — Craig Groeschel

There is actually a physical connection between light and our health and wellbeing. — Rogier Van Der Heide

Most attorneys practice law because it gives them a grand and glorious feeling. You give them a grand - and they feel glorious. — Milton Berle

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul. — Dario Argento

I know exactly what my future looks like and I'm okay with it. I'm happy to live in solitude. I'm not afraid of spending the rest of my life in the company of my own person. I do not afraid loneliness. — Tahereh Mafi

The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day. — William Christopher Handy

Detachment is a basic requirement for seeking enlightenment. Anyone or anything we are attached to has power to manipulate us although we all have freedom to choose. — Hina Hashmi

They wont ride at night, said Brown. The recruit looked back at the figures gathered about the keg in that scoured and darkening waste. Why wont they? he said. Brown spat. Because it's dark, he said. — Cormac McCarthy

By modulating the amount of blue in our environment, we can help people to relax, or to be alert; to fall asleep, or to stay awake. — Rogier Van Der Heide

Everything you've done, everything you've seen, everything you've become, remains. You never can go back, only forward, and if you don't bring the whole of yourself with you, you'll never see the sun again. — Michael Marshall Smith

As
Vargas Llosa has said, "Democracy is an event that provokes yawns in the countries in which rule of law exists."49 — Pope Benedict XVI

By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives. — Rogier Van Der Heide

There is the idea that, when we look at things, it is the yellow light that helps us the most, that we are the most sensitive for. But our circadian rhythms, which are the rhythms that help us to wake and sleep and be alert and relaxed and so forth and so on, they are much more triggered by blue light. — Rogier Van Der Heide

A man is never too weak or too wounded to fight. If his cause is greater than his own life. — Oenomaus