...and by the by, the Dutch have a similar character in Johan Cruyff, the world famous (except in Disney land) football (soccer that is) player. He has expressed many such similar "wisdoms" that have flooded the dutch media. The most famous one probably being "Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel," which, in it's faulty grammar, means "every disadvantage has its advantage."
Besides being a stupid remark coming from his mouth, it mirrors yet another Toa truth of the dialectic nature of all or nothing at all.