My father was not really a presence for me. He was away; he was in the German army. — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
“In the German tongue, in the Polish town Scraped flat by the roller Of wars, wars, wars ...” — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time. — El-P Copy Share Image
When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back. — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills. — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
I mean, I would love to see the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, dressing up in a more cosy way, if she feels… — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“By our warriors having a written German language, we can rob the Romans of the advantages that they currently hold over us.” — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese. I was raised… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I then spoke to chancellor (Angela) Merkel of Germany and we agreed that the United States and our European allies will work… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because… — Daniel Bruhl Copy Share Image
Rainer Maria Rilke was admittedly not a Dockers tagger, but a sort of European equivalent: a German poet - in many respects,… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The pacifist streak in German politics is a problem. But Greens and Social Democrats have to ask themselves: In an imperfect world,… — Anthony Glees Copy Share Image
Good news from France, where the man picked by Nicolas Sarkozy as his foreign minister is not the execrable Hubert Védrine, but… — Charles Foster Johnson Copy Share Image
“The handful of Germans who had reached the trench had been sacrificed for the stupid sort of fun called. Strategy, probably. Stupid!… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“Chancellor Angela Merkel attributed some of her own country’s decline in the second quarter to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, over which tit-for-tat sanctions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Now I don’t know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I know… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
I am a bohemian person. I don't speak German, and I live in a foreign country where all the signs are in… — Anton Newcombe Copy Share Image
Angela Merkel has been focused on the right things. She has focused on the interests of her citizens - and not just… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Merkel is a flagship of the EU. Not everything depends on her, but much does. I have been shocked in a positive… — Arseniy Yatsenyuk Copy Share Image
Having said that, Angela Merkel's electoral district is here [ in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania].And so, if Chancellor Merkel loses here, her party, which… — Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson Copy Share Image
“But every once in a great while, the pull of her heritage would hit her, and Grand-mere would cook something real. I… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everything: I love my wife! I… — Diana Mauer Copy Share Image