Van Spronsen Ice Quotes & Sayings

Soon the majority of the world's people will be living in cities. We are now obliged to think of so many people demanding the means of life from the land, to which they will no longer have a practical connection, and of which they will have little knowledge. We are obliged also to think of the consequences of any attempt to meet this demand by large-scale, expensive, petroleum-dependent technological schemes that will ignore local conditions and local needs. — Wendell Berry

In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis; no, it entered my bloodstream directly, as powerful as heroin. I could feel it pump and surge, the way it brightened my veins to a kind of glass. I had wakened that morning to narrowness and predestination and now I was falling asleep in the storm of my own free will. — Carol Shields

After awhile, all the men wanted his opinion, and all the girls were in love with him. He made certain of it. Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong. He changed all that. — Sarah Addison Allen

It's one thing to communicate to people because you believe you have something of value to say. It's another to communicate with people because you believe they have value. — John C. Maxwell

The only thing constant is change, we keep going through it not only in Las Vegas but in every part of our business and culture — Steve Lawrence

Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not. — Judith Rodin

It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. — Masha Gessen

'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. — William Penn