Vispotje Quotes & Sayings

I happen to love Saint-Saens in general. I think he's a brilliant composer and sometimes underrated in a way because people like to pass him off as fluffy and not being serious. — Joshua Bell

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better. — Henry Van Dyke

Unlicensed hooch from a stranger in a parking lot. Good idea? Yes, of course it is. — Anthony Bourdain

Glimpses of how it really was before us are rare, if not impossible. — Lily King

It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely. — Jane Austen

To salve the pains of consciousness, some people anesthetize themselves with sunny thoughts. But not everyone can follow their lead, above all not those who sneer at the sun and everything upon which it beats down. Their only respite is in the balm of bleakness. Disdainful of the solicitations of hope, they look for sanctuary in desolate places - a scattering of ruins in a barren locale or a rubble of words in a book where someone whispers in a dry voice, I too am here. — Thomas Ligotti

Powerful people do not have good listening skills. They hate to listen. They succeed by getting good at faking it ... If you're an extrovert, you think while you're talking. And it's impossible to listen to someone if you are thinking of the next thing you want to say. — Penelope Trunk

Hard systems are everything we're using right now - computers, phones, planes, the clothes you're wearing, the room you're in. Everything there involves 100% use of technology and expertise to make it, and nothing we make - including space exploration vehicles and so on - is complex. Everything we make is complicated. Nothing is self-renewing. — Allan Savory

My husband Chris, the thing he likes most about me is that I'm very positive and easily very happy. — Elsa Pataky

With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show. — John Oates