Van Valkenburg Iowa Quotes & Sayings

I continue to be interested in new things that seem old and old things that seem new. — Jaquelin T. Robertson

We aim above the mark to hit the mark. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

They said I rap like a robot, so call me rapbot. — Eminem

I put my freezing hands on his cheeks and instead of pushing them away, he said, "Ahh, feels good." I laughed and said, "That's because you're coldhearted." He put my hands in his coat pockets and said in a voice so soft I wondered if I heard him right, "For everyone else, maybe. But not for you. — Jenny Han

Alex smiled. Andy was a good mate.
"And they'll get a good laugh out of that black eye." He grinned.
Alex glared; Andy was a dickhead — L.A. Gilbert

The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us. — Muqtada Al Sadr

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it. — Kristin Hersh

Beautiful young presidents died and beautiful young presidents lived, beautiful young women lived and then they died, but the broken sewer pipe beneath the courtyard of the old Worumbo mill was apparently eternal. — Stephen King

This practice seems to be general in the Soviet Union. I suppose it is general any place where bureaus of the government operate. No one is willing to go out on any limb. No one is willing to say yes or no to a proposition. He must always go to someone higher. In this way he protects himself from criticism. Anyone who has had dealings with armies, or with governments, will recognize this story. The reaction to our cameras was invariably courteous, but very careful, and the camera did not click until the policeman was quite sure that everything was in order. — John Steinbeck

We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that. — Danny Glover