Veidikortid Quotes & Sayings

. . we know . . . we . . . uh, what was that again? — Jo Nesbo

I was a fool. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But I
have to say, it's been incredibly rewarding and I learn so much every
day. — Gwyneth Paltrow

The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose look? — William Shakespeare

So words play a very important part in our lives. Our life, it appears, is a network of complicated, interrelated words. Words have a great impact upon us, like 'god', 'democracy', 'freedom', 'totalitarianism'. These words conjure up familiar images. The words 'wife' and 'husband' are part of our everyday currency. But the word 'wife' is not actually the living person, with all her complexities and troubles. So the word is never the actual.

When the word becomes all-important, the living, the actual is neglected. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it. — Frankie Avalon

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity. — Amy Adams

I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift. — Nikki Giovanni

Corruption is a result
of low standards
on local, national and global level.
My works : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans
Netherlands, TILBURG,
August 17, 2016 — Petra Hermans

Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups. — Eduardo Galeano

Even when a social problem is so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety, it's still worth mitigating. — Nicholas Kristof

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. — David Remnick