|

|

Advertisements

Dutch Quotes

A Dutch employee gets interviewed by Chinese media Picture Quote #1

Dutch painting: daily life is enough Picture Quote #1

Dutch is not so much a language as an ailment of the throat Picture Quote #1

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression Picture Quote #1

Thanks for taking me to dinner and suggesting we go dutch Picture Quote #1

In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can’t eat all these pigs. They eat about one-third, and the rest is exported to all kinds of countries in Europe and the rest of the world Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport Picture Quote #1

Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch Picture Quote #1

People say ‘Why would you learn Dutch? Nobody speaks it. Why not French?’ Even the Dutch say that to me! I say because I want to live here, I think it’s only common courtesy that I speak the language Picture Quote #1

My husband is Dutch, and his family, when you sat down to eat food at the table, you never left the table until you ate living bread and drank living water. They never left the table until they’d read Scripture together. So morning, lunch, suppertime, Scripture was always read at the table, and then there was prayer to close Picture Quote #1

The British Empire passed quickly and with less humiliation than its French and Dutch counterparts, but decades later, the vicious politics of partition still seems to define India and Pakistan Picture Quote #1

Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. For example now, I hate the bank and everything connected with it. I also hate Dutch paintings, penis-sucking, parties, and cold rainy weather. But I am much more preoccupied with loving Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos) based on this idea. But my personal opinion is that mathematics may be a hard way to describe ideas like love or democracy Picture Quote #1

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger in the dike to save his country Picture Quote #1

Dance music is so interchangeable. There’s not a lot of face to it. It’s a bunch of Dutch DJs with the same haircut Picture Quote #1

Dance music is one of the biggest export products in the Dutch economy these days Picture Quote #1

Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929 Picture Quote #1

Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment when officials informed President Bush the Holland Tunnel was safe. Bush then thanked the Dutch authorities for all their help Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot Picture Quote #1

I bought a year’s production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That’s 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable industrial level production. Now, I’m weaving it into tablecloths, tea towels, and other items at the Textile Museum in Tilburg. I’m producing hundreds of grown-up products! Picture Quote #1

The Dutch film industry is a pretty small community, so within Holland, I think most actors know each other and have worked with each other Picture Quote #1

For our first date we went Dutch. We would have gone another nationality, but they are the tallest Picture Quote #1

Dutch in my ear, Olde E in my palm, I Freddy Krueger your face, Michael Myers your moms. You botherin mine? That’s when I’m sparkin the nine Picture Quote #1

Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

LTCM lost money when Russia defaulted on a certain class of bonds, and then they had other investments like on the spread between two different kinds of shares of Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company. Now that seems completely unrelated to Russian bonds. But they were related because other hedge funds saw similar discrepancies and they were all making similar bets Picture Quote #1

I can’t wait for the next fad though, and I predict it’s going to be Pennsylvania dutch culture, very Amish. It’s going to be bonnets and butter churns Picture Quote #1

There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch Picture Quote #1

How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or Latin? No, we will speak music Picture Quote #1

Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929 Picture Quote #1

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch Picture Quote #1

1 2

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

A Dutch employee gets interviewed by Chinese media (Dutch Quotes) Dutch painting: daily life is enough (Dutch Quotes) Dutch is not so much a language as an ailment of the throat (Dutch Quotes) I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression (Dutch Quotes) Thanks for taking me to dinner and suggesting we go dutch (Dutch Quotes) In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can’t eat all these pigs. They eat about one-third, and the rest is exported to all kinds of countries in Europe and the rest of the world. (Dutch Quotes) Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport. (Dutch Quotes) Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch. (Dutch Quotes) People say ‘Why would you learn Dutch? Nobody speaks it. Why not French?’ Even the Dutch say that to me! I say because I want to live here, I think it’s only common courtesy that I speak the language. (Dutch Quotes) My husband is Dutch, and his family, when you sat down to eat food at the table, you never left the table until you ate living bread and drank living water. They never left the table until they’d read Scripture together. So morning, lunch, suppertime, Scripture was always read at the table, and then there was prayer to close. (Dutch Quotes) The British Empire passed quickly and with less humiliation than its French and Dutch counterparts, but decades later, the vicious politics of partition still seems to define India and Pakistan. (Dutch Quotes) Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. For example now, I hate the bank and everything connected with it. I also hate Dutch paintings, penis-sucking, parties, and cold rainy weather. But I am much more preoccupied with loving. (Dutch Quotes) Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos) based on this idea. But my personal opinion is that mathematics may be a hard way to describe ideas like love or democracy. (Dutch Quotes) This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger in the dike to save his country (Dutch Quotes) Dance music is so interchangeable. There’s not a lot of face to it. It’s a bunch of Dutch DJs with the same haircut. (Dutch Quotes) Dance music is one of the biggest export products in the Dutch economy these days (Dutch Quotes) Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929. (Dutch Quotes) Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment when officials informed President Bush the Holland Tunnel was safe. Bush then thanked the Dutch authorities for all their help. (Dutch Quotes) Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot. (Dutch Quotes) I bought a year’s production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That’s 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable industrial level production. Now, I’m weaving it into tablecloths, tea towels, and other items at the Textile Museum in Tilburg. I’m producing hundreds of grown-up products! (Dutch Quotes) The Dutch film industry is a pretty small community, so within Holland, I think most actors know each other and have worked with each other. (Dutch Quotes) For our first date we went Dutch. We would have gone another nationality, but they are the tallest. (Dutch Quotes) Dutch in my ear, Olde E in my palm, I Freddy Krueger your face, Michael Myers your moms. You botherin mine? That’s when I’m sparkin the nine. (Dutch Quotes) Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period... (Dutch Quotes) LTCM lost money when Russia defaulted on a certain class of bonds, and then they had other investments like on the spread between two different kinds of shares of Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company. Now that seems completely unrelated to Russian bonds. But they were related because other hedge funds saw similar discrepancies and they were all making similar bets. (Dutch Quotes) I can’t wait for the next fad though, and I predict it’s going to be Pennsylvania dutch culture, very Amish. It’s going to be bonnets and butter churns (Dutch Quotes) There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch (Dutch Quotes) How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or Latin? No, we will speak music (Dutch Quotes) Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929 (Dutch Quotes) An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch (Dutch Quotes)

1 2