Veeneman Quotes & Sayings

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. — Bruce Springsteen

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us. — Michel De Montaigne

My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this. — Ziggy Marley

IF we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their peril is ultimately unreal. And if we wish to exalt the outcast and the crucified, we shall rather wish to think that a veritable God was crucified, rather than a mere sage or hero. Above all, if we wish to protect the poor we shall be in favour of fixed rules and clear dogmas. The rules of a club are occasionally in favour of the poor member. The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one. — G.K. Chesterton

If you don't love it, don't touch it. — Jenifer Lewis

Spend a long time alone, especially if you're someone who's never been that social to begin with, and you find yourself craving solitude. — Ron Rash

The world is ruled by neither justice nor morality; crime is not punished nor virtue rewarded, one is forgotten as quickly as the other. The world is ruled by power and power is obtained with money. To work is senseless, because money cannot be obtained through work, but through exploitation of others. And if we cannot exploit as much as we wish, at least let us work as little as we can. Moral duty? We believe neither in the morality of man nor in the morality of systems. [p. 168] — Tadeusz Borowski

I love just how beautiful Vancouver is. I mean, everywhere you look it's just mountains and ocean. — Emma Bell

Love's a recurring theme through my work. — Tracy Chapman

I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine. — Jean Pigozzi