Quotes for All
It was a heavenly summer, the summer in which France fell and the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk. Leaves were never such an intense and iridescent green; sunlight glinted on flower-studded meadows as the Germans encircled the Maginot Line and overran not only France but Belgium and Holland. Birdsong filled the air in … Read more
No wonder the tulip is the patron flower of Holland. Looking at it one almost smells fresh paint laid on in generous brilliance: doors, blinds, whole houses, canal boats, pails, farm wagons – all painted in greens, blues, reds, pinks, yellows. Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland. Edward Burnett Tylor
Amsterdam is not Holland. It is a city that attracts people from all over Holland. And lots of international tourists and party people. Eddy de Clercq
Holland is very good at avant garde, probably due to the Dutch character. Good at design. Experimentation sometimes works here very well. Eddy de Clercq
If you just take the time to look, then yeah, you will find some really great music in Holland. Just scratch the surface and look underneath the corporate surface. Eddy de Clercq
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. Eddie Van Halen
Holland gets by on a total of four food additives; we have over 1,400. Fred Richmond
People, houses, streets, animals, flowers-everything in Holland looks as if it were washed and ironed each night in order to glisten immaculately and newly starched the next morning. Felix Marti-Ibanez
I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay. Famke Janssen