Verlaten Huis Quotes & Sayings

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. — Dalai Lama XIV

Afterwards Smiley always thought of that interview as a fan dance; a calculated progression of disclosures, each revealing different parts of a mysterious entity. Finally Steed-Asprey, who seemed to be Chairman, removed the last veil, and the truth stood before him in all its dazzling nakedness. He was being offered a post in what, for want of a better name, Steed-Asprey blushingly described as the Secret Service. — John Le Carre

Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities. — Kevin Bacon

Fanatics always seem to have the same scrubbed and staring look about them. They have the look of people who do not masturbate, but who think about it almost all the time. — Gregory David Roberts

First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance. — William C. Brown

When I'm on the court, I'm a follower. — Howard Bach

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all. — Dr. Seuss

I'm interested in taking things from my relationship that I don't see on screen - or that I feel like that could be useful or helpful if it were out in the open - and trying to put that in the movies as much as possible. — Joe Swanberg

Only powerful people have liberty. — Sun Yat-sen

He's nothing but a deformed emanation of energy. — Madeleine L'Engle

Most of all, perhaps, we need an intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has anything magical about it, but we cannot study the future. — C.S. Lewis

Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio approaches 1 to 1, marriages are more likely to end in divorce. — John M. Gottman