Vries

Vries may refer to:

  • Sherwin Vries (born 1980), South African sprinter
  • Vries, Drenthe, a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe

Famous quotes containing the word vries:

    “I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)

    “There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)

    “When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)