Jean-Pierre Dardenne Quotes
It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.

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The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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Wickets are like wives. You never know what to expect from them.
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I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles – normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I was asked if I would play President Obama in 'My Name is Khan.' I didn't feel comfortable with doing it. Partly because he was still in office, but mainly because I felt that there were other people who were better suited to doing the role.
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Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
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The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.
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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
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Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.
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Every single aspect of myself, let me put it this way, it's all about trying to incorporate. It's about trying to weave the web and keep everyone happy. And of course, it's about giving value to those people so they continue to sponsor me.
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We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.
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I wanna be drunk when I wake upOn the right side of the wrong bed.And every excuse I made upTell you the truth I hate.What didn't kill me,It never made me stronger at all.
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The sad Don Quixote of a worthless purpose.
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Start with a shovel, wind up with a spoon
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Existence is illusory and it is eternal.
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Have you ever been sued by a midget? It's not fun.
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For online universities, like Liverpool and the University of Phoenix, if prices drop by 60%, they still make money. But for the vast majority of traditional universities, if the prices fall by 10%, they are bankrupt; they have no wriggle room.
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I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday.
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My first-ever visit to a cheese factory was in Tillamook Washington... yes, I am that nerdy.
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I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.
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To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god.
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Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.
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It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.