Verstraete Middelkerke Quotes & Sayings

My daddy used to tell me that God loved rocks, houseflies, weeds, and poor people above all the rest of His creations, and that's why He made so many of them. — Stephen King

There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly in hers. — Georgette Heyer

Except for light, all other media come in pairs, with one acting as the "content" of the other, obscuring the operation of both. — Marshall McLuhan

I verily believe that the kingdom of God advances more on spoken words than it does on essays written and read; on words, that is, in which the present feeling and thought of the teaching mind break into natural and forceful expression. — Richard Salter Storrs

But there are times in this harum-scarum world when figuring out the right thing to do is quite simple, but doing the right thing is simply impossible ... — Lemony Snicket

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history. — Stella Young

There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited. — Lillete Dubey

[Wine is] poetry in a bottle. — Clifton Fadiman

'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray

Sunday's my favorite day - that one matinee in the middle of the day! — Kelli O'Hara

I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it. — Tom Stoppard

Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. — Henry David Thoreau

Seismic change can happen over a lifetime, or in an instant. — Romeo Dallaire

I was a poet too; but modern taste
Is so refined and delicate and chaste,
That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms,
Without a creamy smoothness has no charms.
Thus, all success depending on an ear,
And thinking I might purchase it too dear,
If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound,
And truth cut short to make a period round,
I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse
Than caper in the morris-dance of verse. — William Cowper