Wagenaar Quotes

#1. Women only wear beautiful clothes so that men will want to remove them.

Hanif Kureishi

#2. The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.

Vladimir Lenin

#3. Kids took a fathomless amount of time and energy ... And they took it first. They had right of first refusal on everything you had to offer. p220

Rainbow Rowell

#4. If Jesus honored His mother hanging on a cross,
how much more should men honor their mothers?

Matshona Dhliwayo

#5. By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demonstrably valued and were willing to purchase at premium prices. And guess what? We've sold tons of them.

Edgar Bronfman Jr.

#6. She pouted prettily, and he wondered if that was one of the things they taught wealthy young girls at schools like Miss Porter's. If not, it had been passed down from one generation to another as carefully as the secret of fire.

Kristin Hannah

#7. A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.

M.F.K. Fisher

#8. Vulnerability is the curse of the thinking classes.

John D. MacDonald

#9. As long as they're willing to pay to prove it, I'm willing to let them.

Arnold Rothstein

#10. Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of others. So it's not just about sitting and cultivating caring mindfulness. It's building up a way of being and then using it for the service of others.

Matthieu Ricard