Arjen Robben famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from loving the past to regretting that it has ever changed. Conservatism is our greatest trade-risk; and we run psychoanalysts close in the belief that the only "normal" people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anybody else.

  • I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.

  • If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?

  • Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.

  • We've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures.

  • I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

  • I keep my sisters on speed dial.

  • I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.

  • How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.

  • Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.

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