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Quotes About Stockholm

I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
~ Daniel Espinosa
El prestigio parece ejercer una especie de magia que da salud —dice Andrew Oswald, uno de los autores del estudio—. Al parecer, subir a ese estrado de Estocolmo añade unos dos años a la vida de un científico».
~ Steven D. Levitt
In my more depressed moments, I believe my cats suffer from Stockholm syndrome. You know, where the hostage falls in love with the captor, as an adaptive mechanism.
~ Betsy Salkind
It was a perverse offshoot of the Stockholm syndrome. Survival is the thing. The mind will twist to survive. Anything can become normal.
~ Harlan Coben
You're aware," Myron said, "that kidnap victims often identify with their abductors." "I know all that. The Stockholm syndrome and all its bizarre offshoots. But it just didn't seem that way. Katie didn't look particularly exhausted. The body language was right. There wasn't panic in her eyes or any kind of cult-like zealousness. Her eyes were clear, in fact. I didn't see signs of drugs there, though granted I only got a brief look.
~ Harlan Coben
I just figured, 'I don't want to go to university anymore,' so I went to Stockholm. I went into this teaching school and after one year I got a part in a soap opera in Stockholm. It's called 'Rederiet.'
~ Sofia Helin
A lot of young musicians in Stockholm are about keeping tradition alive and moving it forward at the same time.
~ Neneh Cherry
I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old.
~ Magnus Larsson
Stockholm is unique in that it's built on islands and surrounded by water, so you get this enormous sense of freedom. It's got everything you could possibly need - everything New York or London has but without all the people and traffic. It's also become a very creative city, not only for music but also for fashion and computer games.
~ Bjorn Ulvaeus
The first seven years of my life, me, my mom and dad and my four older siblings lived in a suburb of Stockholm, and my mom was very active with directing theater. So I basically grew up at the theater on the floors of the shows, so I was really surrounded with music at a young age.
~ Erik Hassle
Because I'm traveling so much, Stockholm has become more and more a place for me to recharge and be creative, and then I head back on the road again.
~ Jonas Akerlund
Lockhart twitches. "I do not think Stockholm syndrome means quite what you think it means." "What, the tendency of people—usually women—in unfamiliar societies to enculturate rapidly?" Lockhart inclines his head. "Point.
~ Charles Stross
Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.
~ Christopher Hitchens
The Stockholm street style is distinctive, with ensembles that exemplify the city's understated elegance.
~ Aslaug Magnusdottir
You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.
~ Guglielmo Marconi
The rules that enabled me to compete first went into effect in 2003. They are known as the Stockholm consensus with the IOC, but I think even 10 years ago the world perhaps wasn't ready for an athlete like myself - and perhaps it is not ready now.
~ Laurel Hubbard
I'm grateful I grew up in Stockholm.
~ Gustaf Skarsgard
My focus in 2016 will be the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, and as preparation for that, I will try to break the world indoor mile record in Stockholm on February 17.
~ Genzebe Dibaba
Overall, I was extremely impressed with the fashion scene that Stockholm has to offer, both on and off the runways.
~ Aslaug Magnusdottir
When I was in fourth grade, I made a song about the part in Stockholm where we come from.
~ Yung Lean
There's even less to do in Umea at Christmas than there is in Stockholm.
~ Andrew Neil
But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.
~ Lasse Hallstrom
I don't think I could live anywhere else but Stockholm.
~ Yung Lean
I'm from a rural town outside of Stockholm, so in coming to L.A., I've been able to not think that much about my background. It's much easier for me in this big town, this big bubble to isolate myself from that and be a little more self-confident. I'm here to do my take on soul.
~ Erik Hassle