Vanistendael 2005 Quotes & Sayings

It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of Europe which enabled us to seize his gift. — Karl A. Menninger

When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally. — Apolo Ohno

Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted suffering. For some, the ultimate penance is death. But for others, it simply a means to an end. — Emily Thorne

Actually, it would be assumed that the young lady had no such impulses at all, but I'll tell you something: Chocolate melts on my tongue too. — Franny Billingsley

I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization. — Don Marquis

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! — Charles N. Barnard

My sweet heart,
you have aroused my passion,
your touch has filled me with desire,
I am no longer separate from you,
these are precious moments,
I beseech you,
don't let me wait, — Rumi

Passing pleasures, like passing clouds, are all we have. — Marty Rubin

There's something to be said for doing one thing right. — Lionel Ferbos

I DON'T have EX's! I have Y's. Like 'Y the hell did I date you?!' -Kevin Hart — Kevin Hart

God has never made a failure; that he gave birth to you means you are a success. Success is in your DNA. — Chris Oyakhilome

The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he covers himself with an armour of realities closer to him than the world's facts and through which the facts, modified accordingly, reach him. — Fernando Pessoa

The Wall can stop an army, but not a man alone. — George R R Martin

He wanted to meet in the real world the unsubstantial image which his soul so constantly beheld. — James Joyce

There are moments, moments of fun but it's never necessarily a wink/wink. It's just interesting and odd and crazy things happen inside the world just like a crazy thing happened inside our world. So we don't shy away from that stuff. We take semi-ordinary characters, even though they have their own skill sets, we take those guys and we drop them into extraordinary situations and watch how the get out of them. — Todd Farmer