Top 845 Quotes & Sayings by Belgian Authors - Page 2

My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.

Every player dreams of a big league.

In Manchester, people don't recognise me that much and tend to treat me in a more respectful way.

When you're not happy, you don't need to fake your emotions.

I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.

The FA Cup is very important.

All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections.

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia.

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

Before the season begins, I had even damaged some frames, but Ken did not hold it against me and kept all his confidence. He was the one who incontestably changed my life, because without his help, I do not know what I will have become.

I stay really calm and just try to do my best all the time.

The progressive integration of new technologies in our economy amounts to a paradigm shift with a profound impact on the context and content of work.

I also served on many government committees.

But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.

For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

Change is not always bad. Change can be good.

I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.

It makes you also realize, 'OK, I'm excited to play tennis, and I work really hard to be the best tennis player I think I can be,' but I don't waste my time on stupid stuff, you know what I mean.

Everything is in the timing, I think. I see the ball earlier than the others so maybe that's why I have a good return.

When we were kids, we couldn't even afford to watch Thierry Henry on Match of the Day.

You can instantly spot a Chanel woman, so I want to develop the Dior woman.

I started to study psychology but had to stop when I got into the first team.

The possibility that lysosomes might accidentally become ruptured under certain conditions, and kill or injure their host-cells as a result, was considered right after we got our first clues to the existence of these particles.

I'll let life take me where it will.

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union.

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.

The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class.

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.

I always said I wanted to play for a team that's challenging for every trophy that there is there.

Furthermore, there is absolutely no contradiction between the separate organizations of revolutionary vanguard militants and their participation in the mass organizations of the working class.

I need human feelings to fit garments. I couldn't do it just, like, on an object - it's too close to our body. It's like a skin you are making, so you need one's feelings to make a garment.

Well, I love clothes.

In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.

Can that make any sense - a Belgian artist living in Mexico and working in Afghanistan?

I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.

That's what's interesting: When you release an album, everyone hears it their own way.

There are so many reasons to be sad in the club.

'Somebody That I Used to Know,' like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly - I wrote it in November 2010 - but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles.

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.

Everybody has their own style. I'm very particular in what I like, and I try to keep it that way. I always have big appreciation for other people's styles, and I love seeing how other people dress themselves through their own influences.

To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.

Diversity requires commitment. Achieving the superior performance diversity can produce needs further action - most notably, a commitment to develop a culture of inclusion. People do not just need to be different, they need to be fully involved and feel their voices are heard.

I'm not on Twitter, nor Facebook, or LinkedIn, or any of these systems, because they suck in your soul and they will not let you go. Try to get out of any of them, and you will see. They are just like some religions where apostasy is punished by death.

More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually. I'm bilingual, so I had experience with French.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas.

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

We are a country that met successes in the fight against terrorism.

Nobody will believe in you but yourself, so you have to be on your own side.

When a club like Milan is interested, there are not many players who would say 'no.'

In the league, if you have a bad spell, then you are running behind.