Vroegmoderne Quotes & Sayings

My personal position is that society must keep children safe. — Vladimir Putin

Rest assured, dear friend, that many noteworthy and great sciences and arts have been discovered through the understanding and subtlety of women, both in cognitive speculation, demonstrated in writing, and in the arts, manifested in manual works of labor. I will give you plenty of examples. Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies 1405 — Elizabeth Gilbert

The drug problem is in the United States, not in Mexico. It's a demand problem and that is to be dealt with here, and it is not being dealt with. It's been shown over and over that prevention and treatment are far more cost effective than police action, out-of-country action, border control, and so on. — Noam Chomsky

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. — Alfred Hitchcock

Where does one purchase a mustache in London? Fleet Street? — Gail Carriger

When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom? — Margaret Deland

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. — Katharine Hepburn

I feel like I am always battling to keep my weight down. — Brooke Smith

Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers. — Tullian Tchividjian

I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well. — Omar Sharif

The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in
proportion as the mind that produces it is universal. — Napoleon Bonaparte

keep an open mind with Windows 8. Yes, it seems like a big change from Windows 7, Vista, or XP, but you'll find that many of the changes are an improvement. Moreover, you're only a few settings away from a more familiar Windows, if you so choose. — Tim Fisher

I reminded myself of someone, but someone I had not seen for a long time. — Anita Brookner

All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its own standard by which to appreciate it. — Margaret Fuller

The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern. I dubbed it, 'The church of freedom from concern,' or 'FFC. — Jim Carrey