Waarom Zijn Quotes & Sayings

Begin as if you will finish. Let the story be told that you had the courage to begin. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Christians must focus on Jesus Christ. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We were never supposed to write negative things about gays, or else we were seen as collaborating with the enemy. — Edmund White

She said yes three times, you treacle-brained idiot. Now can we get the hell out of this unsavory corner of London before we're all murdered? I have ledgers to tally. — Nicola Davidson

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody. — Alain Juppe

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change. — Warren G. Bennis

I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century. — Walter Murch

I think it was interesting that when you're in those formative years you respond to things that interest you and don't always know where they lead. But they accumulate and add up to something that enriches your later life or leads you to some new experience. — Paul Smith

You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself. — Iyanla Vanzant