Arnold's Quote of the Week: about opposition / over oppositie

No government can be long secure without formidable opposition

Benjamin Disraeli

Arnold's Quote of the Week: over afwerken / about finishing

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about atheists / over atheïsten

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support

John Buchan

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about initiative / over initiatief

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about the universe, take 2 / over het universum, nr.2

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

Carl Zwanzig

Arnold's Quote of the Week: over het universum / about the universe

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little

George Carlin

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about advice / over advies

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't

Erica Jong

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about simplicity / over eenvoud

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be

Jim Horning

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about listening / over luisteren

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them

Kin Hubbard

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about action / over actie

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent

Robert Copeland

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about tradition / over traditie

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

W. Somerset Maugham

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about judging people / over mensenkennis

It would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and comes to all sorts of conclusions

Malcolm Gladwell

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about talking / over praten

Of those who say nothing, few are silent

Thomas Neill

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about believing / over geloven

It is always easier to believe than to deny. 

Our minds are naturally affirmative

 

John Burroughs

Arnold's Quote of the Week: over gesprekken / about conversations

"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses"

Margaret Millar

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about the universe / over het universum

Sometimes I think we're alone. 

Sometimes I think we're not. 

In either case, the thought is staggering.

 

R. Buckminster Fuller

Arnold's Quote of the Week: about life / over het leven

 "Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can"

Danny Kaye

arnold's Quote of the Week: about hesitation / over aarzelen

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior

 Henry C. Link

Arnold's Quote of the Week: over gewoon worden / about getting used to

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing

 

Edith Nesbitt

Arnold's Quote of the Week: over leuke dingen / about pleasant things

 "I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure"

L. M. Montgomery