Gijs de Vries Quotes

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

Gijs de Vries

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: February 22, 1956

Topics

ConflictBadHideFindTrainHuman

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

Jil Sander

BestColorsLookAirSophisticated

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

Jo Brand

WomenPowerMenGoProveTry

Live dangerously and you live right.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LiveYouRightDangerously

Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view.

Robert J. Sawyer

PeopleViewPoint Of ViewRealOwn

It's possible that there is a guiding intelligence in our universe. I don't see a lot of personal evidence for an interventionist-on-an-individual-basis-deity. I have friends who very much do believe in that. But I don't.

Robert J. Sawyer

IntelligenceBelieveUniverseFriends

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

Simon Baker

LifeMy LifePrettyHecticReally

I gave her life, I can take life away.

Mary Beth Whitehead

LifeI CanTakeHerAwayGave

The truth of the matter is, when you think about it, we all make mistakes.

Judy Smith

TruthMistakesThinkYouMatter

At Foundry Group, we always look for companies that we think build magic into their products. Occipital has been one of those companies.

Brad Feld

ThinkMagicLookGroupBuildAlways

Fiction is able to do one thing better than any other art form: it is able to convey a convincing sense of what is going on in someone else's head. To me, that is the great mystery of life: what is everyone else thinking?

Arthur Phillips

LifeGreatArtMeThinkingBetter

It's no secret that beauty starts with water. It's just a basic thing - you look better if you drink loads of water. When I'm working, that's definitely the main thing I do.

Alice Eve

BeautyWaterBetterYouLookDrink

I can't begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting.

Susan Estrich

GoodStartWorryBadTargetBalloon

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