Van Quotes
362 quotes by 272 authors
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Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and…
— Phil Anselmo
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Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, two…
— Alexander McCall Smith
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Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems.
— Jacob Zuma
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The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education... the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, Lubitsch and Erich Pommer.…
— Ken Adam
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I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton,…
— Victoria Legrand
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I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time…
— John Travolta
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It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing another show..." I'm…
— Sharon Van Etten
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I was a door-to-door window salesmen in what feels like a cheap, creepy pedophile situation. And I can say that because we were a bunch…
— Joseph Bruce
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If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
— Benjamin Franklin
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I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I…
— Maurice Sendak
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There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like that... the Rembrandts…
— John Berger
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It may be a point of great pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospects of having Van Gogh…
— Ben Shahn
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I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do not get bloated…
— Emily Carr
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Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a…
— Frank Rich
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My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come…
— Robert Genn
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It`s the only time my education has come in remotely handy. -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing" script into Russian…
— Kate Beckinsale
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Your work may be great and not make its way into the big picture... like Van Gogh... so who's to say what's good and bad?
— Frank Gehry
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As a small child, me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been…
— Erin O'Connor
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When earth as if on evil dreams Looks back upon her wars, And the white light of Christ outstreams From the red disc of Mars,…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as…
— Stephen Fry
Who Wrote These Van Quotes
272 authors contributed a total of 362 Van Quotes, led by these top contributors: