Van Der Wijk Quotes & Sayings

Labor, but slight not meditation; meditate, but slight not labor. — Confucius

Swami Vivekananda: The genuine orator exercises a sort of hypnotism over his audience. I have listened to many orators, Indian, English and American; but Keshub Chunder Sen is easily the greatest of all. — Keshub Chandra Sen

In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph. — Christopher Buckley

We must learn to die daily to the known and limited, accepting our outer lives are but an offering to the inner spirit. Then everyday will be a new birth into eternity. — David Frawley

I wish to have a muscular body. — Onew

He was a humorous, good-natured man, maybe because he hoped for little and expected less and took his satisfactions where he found them. — Wendell Berry

And she says, "Then let's just take the effing road and get ourselves to Haven."
I smile, a little. "You said effing," I say. "You actually said the word effing. — Patrick Ness

Why are corporations so fleeting? ... Instead of imitating the freewheeling city, these businesses minimize the very interactions that lead to new ideas. They erect walls and establish hierarchies. They keep people from relaxing and having insights. They stifle conversations, discourage dissent, and suffocate social networks. Rather than maximizing employee creativity they become obsessed with minor efficiencies. — Jonah Lehrer

Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard. — Norman Finkelstein

Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs. — Guillermo Del Toro

If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values. — Ken Buck

Some people's measure of success is how much they can grab hold of and hold on to. — Charles L. Allen

You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had. — Marshall B. Rosenberg