When one is polite in German, one lies.

I hate watching myself speak German, it's painful!

— Jesse Marsch

Angela Merkel has been focused on the right things. She has focused on the interests of her citizens - and not just in a…

— Justin Trudeau

“Ne ispada li, onda, da je egzistencijalni umor rezultat premalog, a ne prevelikog angažovanja? Postajemo li umorni usled toga što olakšavamo sebi situaciju, a…

— Bernhard Schlink

I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.

— Wang Leehom

It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just as you…

— Mark Twain

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

— Jerry Saltz

“An English comedian once explained the popularity of umlauts among native English speakers as follows: "It's almost as if they had two eyes. You…

— David Bergmann

One of the great qualities of Chancellor Merkel is that she is steady. She analyzes a situation. She's honest. Sometimes we've had disagreements, but…

— Barack Obama

German? I don't know what that means ... we don't say that in America.

— Justin Bieber

I played on a line with Theo Fleury and German Titov, and I was actually center on their line.

— Jarome Iginla

I watch the Premier League, the Spanish and Dutch leagues, and a little bit of the German league.

— Louis van Gaal

I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.

— Navid Negahban

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

— Anonymous

Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths.

— Louise Rennison

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant…

— Mario Monti