Quotes of: Von Keyword

I am amazed at the heart of man: It possesses the substance of wisdom as well as the opposites contrary to it ... for if hope arises in it, it is brought low by covetousness: and if covetousness is aroused in it, greed destroys it. If despair possess...

Ali

Wreck-It Ralph: [Referring to his medal] I didn't win it in my game, I won it in Hero's Duty. Vanellope von Schweetz: 'Hero's Doodie'? Pffffft! [giggles loudly] Wreck-It Ralph: It's not that kind of duty! Vanellope von Schweetz: [Still laughing] I be...

Wreck-It Ralph

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

Culture and Value

One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.

Culture and Value

Telling someone something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it.

Culture and Value

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

End the Fed

Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.

Evangelical Theology

All growth toward perfection is but a returning to original existence.

Humanist Without Portfolio: An Anthology of the writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

The Brothers K

Satu-satunya bukti pembesar Jawa tidak berniat punya harem hanya dengan beristri orang Eropa, Totok atau Indo. Dengannya ia tak bakal bermadu.

Bumi Manusia

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

Georg Baselitz

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

Michael Jordan

At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.

Andrew Wyeth

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

Chuck Close

There was a pony named Barbapoppa that I received at the age of five, and he was very mischievous and maybe even devilish. Barbapoppa was the most fabulous first animal I was to have and challenged me much.

Chantal Sutherland

Simple numbers of people of a particular age tell us nothing about the condition of their health, the environment in which they live, and the support systems they can afford to pay for.

David Blunkett

I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy.

Eva Braun

There are great slender models, great tall models, Amazonian models, great busty models - my point is models of all shapes and sizes, age, ethnic background should be embraced and celebrated.

Erin O'Connor

Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.

Fabiola Gianotti

Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.

John Joly

What is the relation between Christianity and modern culture; may Christianity be maintained in a scientific age? It is this problem which modern liberalism attempts to solve.

John Gresham Machen