Van Der Walt Stamboom Quotes & Sayings

Aren't all dreads half desires? — Howard Jacobson

The pacifist thinks that the alternative to war is peace; it is not. Sometimes the alternative is oppression. Sometimes certain God-given rights and liberties can be preserved only by resistance to that which would destroy them. And to defend certain basic God-given rights and liberties is not immoral but righteous. — Fulton J. Sheen

When you make any assumption,
you are preparing room for error. — Toba Beta

In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximizing and or minimizing one or a few variables - like the discount warehouses of Costco. — Charlie Munger

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat. — E.B. White

In his delicate state he rushed to the cupboard searching something to settle his nerves only to find his larder empty. Feeling a fit of panic, he grabbed at the empty bottles littered about the room, tipping them up seeking some last dregs, drops to quench his nervous thirst. It was at this vulnerable moment that he saw her, standing in the darkness watching him, the red ember of her cigarette rhythmically swallowed by the shadows. He froze. — Parker T. Geissel

Your level of your concentration decides the extent of the realization of your dreams. — Stephen Richards

Do unto others as others have done to you. — Cecelia Ahern

Food is first for nourishment, not just for taste or appearance, and this is an important thing to teach children. — Katie Wells

There are five unread messages on the screen, which is what happens when you're the meat in a hot girl sandwich. Threesomes trump checking your phone. That's a no-brainer.

Logan: Hey, bro, Wellsy's friend Allie is crashing at our place this weekend.

Logan: Keep your dick in your pants. G and I aren't in the mood to beat u senseless if u try something. Wellsy might be in the mood for violence, tho. So: dick = pants = don't bother our guest.

Hannah: Allie's staying with u guys til Sunday. She's in a vulnerable place right now. Don't take advantage of her or else I'll be unhappy. And u don't want to make me unhappy, do u?

I snicker. Hannah, diplomatic as always. I quickly scan the last two messages.

Garrett: Allie's gonna crash in my room.

Garrett: Your dick can stay in your room.

Jeez, what is everybody's fascination with my dick? — Elle Kennedy

I can't control my frustration. — Hasso Plattner

What could you say about someone who walked daily into his grief and lived at the bottom of its hole and didn't even want to come out? — Marie Rutkoski

High school isn't necessarily the best time of your life. — Jenna Ushkowitz

The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult. — Mahatma Gandhi