Commissaris Van Quotes

Is there any greater mystery than the separateness of each person? ~ Laura Van Den Berg

My favorite book, by a wide margin, was An Imperial Affliction, but I didn't like to tell people about it. Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you withthis weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read thebook. And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.It wasn't even that the book was so good or anything; it was just that the author, Peter Van Houten, seemed to understand me in weird and impossible ways. An Imperial Affliction was my book, in the way my body was my body and my thoughts were my thoughts. ~ John Green

Thirty seconds of pure awareness is a long time, especially after a lifetime of escaping yourself at all costs. ~ Kiera Van Gelder

Gabe continued to stare, as if it was some sort of weird stare off where, if I backed off first, I'd be the loser and have to do something really embarrassing like admit he had a physical effect on my body.
"Shh,"Lisa said in a low voice. "No sudden movements he'll take it as a challenge and start chasing."
"Me thinks she wants to be chased." Gabe licked his lips. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

When you understand what's involved in winning, as do professional gamblers, you'll tend to bet more during a winning streak and less during a losing streak. However, the average person does exactly the opposite: he or she bets more after a series of losses and less after a series of wins. ~ Van K. Tharp

My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically. ~ Jean-Claude Van Damme

I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her.
-Bryce ~ Wendelin Van Draanen

I would say that it's an awfully overrated aspirin and very similar to the old people's Disneyland. ~ Don Van Vliet

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore. ~ Abigail Van Buren

Dreamers conquered the world long ago. ~ Simon Van Booy

It's the most natural progression for me to becoming a singing sensation next. And so many people have offered to be on it. Eddie Van Halen ... and Prince, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper will probably be a backup trio. ~ Paul Reubens

There are two ways of reasoning about painting: how to do it and how not to do it; how to d it with great deal of drawing and not much colour, how not to do it with a great deal of colour and not much drawing. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers. ~ Willard Van Orman Quine

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Her scream erupts as my words cut out, because the brake pedal of the van randomly slam on as if there's a phantom foot on it. My heart flutters in my chest as the van's back end skitters sideways in a stomach-churning sensation. With all my strength, I use my foot and try to pry the brake up from the floor, but it's no use.

Anna does that ridiculous thing where she flies out the window for no reason at all.

My eyes feel like they can't get any wider, and I have no idea if I'm clenching my teeth or if my jaw is slack. However, I definitely know my ass is clenched, as the van completely slings around twice, miraculously not flipping. ~ Kristy Cunning

New problems: Mrs. Van Daan is desperate, talks about a bullet through her head, prison, hanging, and suicide. She's jealous that Peter confides in me and not her. ~ Anne Frank

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. ~ A.E. Van Vogt

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. ~ Gus Van Sant

If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color. ~ Van Jones

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

I want this. I want you. Don't tell me I can't have you. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

Beliefs can be roadways or roadblocks. A variety of beliefs can make life interesting and colorful. ~ James Van Praagh

I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really trust my instincts. I like to talk and talk and talk until we have to do it. I feel the same about theater. ~ Carice Van Houten

The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It is an expression of all the emotions of the spirit, from the lowest to the highest. It accompanies and stimulates all the processes of life, from hunting and farming to war and fertility, from love to death. It enables, in turn other arts to come into being: music, song, drama. Despite all their riches, the dance is no formless complex, but a simple unity. ~ Gerard Van Der Leeuw

Justin: I know where you live.
Justin: Wait, I didn't mean that in a creepy way ...
Justin: Hello? Oh gawd ... Did I freak you out?
Justin: I just meant that I would know where to pick you up. And it's not like I'd show up in a van with the windows all blacked out. That'd be super creepy.
Justin: I drive a Prius.
Justin: Nobody gets abducted in a Prius, right? ~ Jessica Park

In addition to myself and a number of others, President Clinton talked about the deficit and the debt issue. And he pointed out, really, what I pointed out, which is that when he left office, we actually had projected surpluses for a long period of time, because when he put together his economic plan, he did it in a balanced way. ~ Chris Van Hollen

It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

That's truth, Harvey, not what's written on a piece of paper or in blood too small to see - but the memory of how it felt being together. ~ Simon Van Booy

The rules of game shows limit stuff so much. I remember on 'Money From Strangers,' being in the van - not even performing - and there was a lawyer there the entire time. 'No, you can't give money for that. Yes, you can give money for that. That's a partial answer. That's a full answer.' ~ Kurt Braunohler

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker. ~ Ruud Van Nistelrooy

People of small calibre are always carping. How affected so-and-so is! Don't you think he is silly? He was certainly quite mistaken about this or that. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or their prowess or good breeding. ~ Van Wyck Brooks

You have a laugh line; don't accentuate it. You get a bigger laugh. ~ Dick Van Patten

Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems. ~ Jacob Zuma

It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre. ~ Steven Van Zandt

Wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, alive or dead, young or old, my heart will always be with yours. Every beat you feel against your fingertips ... " His fingers tapped against my chest, once, twice. " ... is me calling out to you. It's you returning the call. It's us talking, communicating, bonding, sharing, Living
Kiersten, it's us living. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

To play without passion is inexcusable! ~ Ludwig Van Beethoven

Color is a major element in scale. A small room can have a larger look by the use of closely related values, hues, and intensity. A large room can be made to look smaller by marked contrasts of color and value, hue, and intensity. Value is one of the most important elements. Whether light or dark, little value contrast makes for unity, and sharper contrast makes for stronger punctuation. ~ Van Day Truex

I think over the course of 14 films, I'm returning to a place that I know to tell a story ... the same way Spielberg returned to fantasy, Lucas returned to the 'Star Wars' saga, or John Ford returned to the western. ~ Gus Van Sant

"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others. ~ Van Jones

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

I wasn't writing home. I wasn't writing a death letter, either. I was writing a death journal, a piece of fiction meant for my family and my fiancee, Sara. ~ Clint Van Winkle

I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while back, some not. There is no set pattern. ~ Van Morrison

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. ~ Chris Van Hollen

From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road ~ Van Morrison

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. ~ Ludwig Van Beethoven

You're like me, you can't bear to let go. But I've learnt, and you've
got to learn, that there are times when it's the only way. ~ Van Aldin, The Mystery Of The Blue Train, Agatha Christie

I can say this: don't give up. Not on love but, more important still, not on you. Never let yourself believe that you are unlovable or flawed in any way. You deserve to be loved. You deserve kind words and an unwavering eye. ~ Menna Van Praag

Healthy doubt encourages us to bring our questions to God; toxic doubt drives us away from him. And healthy doubt makes an appearance for the short term, ultimately bringing us to a deeper place with God, while toxic doubt consumes us and lingers on, dragging us down day after day, year after year. ~ Kasey Van Norman