Vandenburgs Quotes & Sayings

So much is buried in our lives that we forget what we have learned. — Harley King

Respond to others about your work with equanimity. — Joshua L. Goldberg

I once laughed at the vanity of women of thirty or forty who whitened their ruddy old skin with lead, but now I know such salves are not disguises for old crones who wish to catch a young husband. Instead they are only a mask we wear so that we can, for a little while, still recognize ourselves. — Rebecca Johns

The value of failure is greatly over-rated. It's a preposterous myth. — Peter Thiel

Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically. — P. J. O'Rourke

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s. — Bob Iger

Realized that at a level I'd never been conscious we'd been engaged in a game of wits for years. I suppose most writer-subject pairings are like that. Of course, I'd set aside my plan to write about him [Clark Rockfeller] as soon as I'd gotten to know him some, but now I'd resumed that intention. — Walter Kirn

Hence, in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea — William Wordsworth

The Library is a wilderness of books. — Henry David Thoreau

Yeah. I'm the secret love child of Hercule Poirot and Lisbeth Salander. — Salla Simukka

You are my Lady of Shalott lost in a dream of isolation - I care too much for you - I romanticize depression ... — John Geddes

Saudi Arabia was, until just a few years ago, probably one of the most safe countries on earth. And now the paper is daily full of activities and shootouts between Islamists who supported Osama bin Laden and the government there. — Michael Scheuer

Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer. — Roberta Williams

I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience. — Bianca Jagger