German Quotes · Page 10

“Do you know, by the way, that German is the only language in the world that has a word for ‘pleasure derived…

— John Dolan

I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to…

— Victoria de los Angeles

I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.

— Kyle MacLachlan

“You and the Germans, you have your super- soldiers, your secret weapons... but we Russians, we have nothing but our winter.”

— Vasily Karpov

I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language.

— Mark Twain

You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does.

— P. J. O'Rourke

You'd got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, "USA! USA! USA!" Hey, calm down! Got a little German on…

— Chris Rock

I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing…

— Richard Wagner

Is it appropriate still for a German to have a gun? I only use that as an example of a country that's…

— Stephen Daldry

I find it hard to write really cool texts in German. At some point I had the feeling that it didn't work…

— Bill Kaulitz

I have extremely friendly feelings for German chancellor. I think Angela Merkel is very courageous, and that is one reason I have…

— Emmanuel Macron

On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has…

— Dan Feuerriegel

German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why…

— Franz Kafka

All the kids are learning different languages. I asked them what languages they wanted to learn, and Shi is learning Khmai, which…

— Angelina Jolie

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did…

— Edward Grey

My most interesting correspondence is with my translators. I marvel at their sensitivity over certain passages that just anyone, even if he…

— Heinrich Boll

When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and…

— Jo Johnson

I do not have the right to vote in Germany. From a Polish perspective, I say: it would be good if Ms.…

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then…

— Mohammed Morsi

“Besides, if you lump them all together because they're German, how does that makes you any different from the way they lump…

— Jodi Picoult

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

— Louise Rennison

“Me and Schopenhauer. Sometimes being German seems to come with some serious disadvantages.”

— Philip Kerr

The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought.

— Adolf Hitler

My favorite exhibition of all time was at The Met years ago, called 'Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s.'

— Jan Vogler

I'm not big on material things, but I like my cars. They are German-made and custom-made.

— Dirk Nowitzki

I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a…

— Daniel Breaker

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.

— Michael Haneke

The real miracle here, or stunning thing to me, is that Angela Merkel thought that she could talk on a cellphone and…

— Joe Trippi

Strict shopping laws mean that most German shops close on Saturday afternoons, reopening only on Monday when everybody is back at work.

— Luke Harding

In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

— Patrick White

I was born in New York, but I was only here for two months. My parents are German, and I grew up…

— Peter Hermann

I'm actually more German than Scottish. I'm half-Japanese, 25 percent German, 12 percent Scottish, and 12 percent Irish.

— Kimiko Glenn

My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, stamped her authority on European…

— Nicola Sturgeon

With every wish to take Europe forward with a German-French nucleus, the proposals must always fit with German interests.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

“Just as the violation of Angela Merkel’s rights is a massive scandal and the violation of 80 million Germans is a nonstory.”

— Anonymous

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

— George Bernard Shaw

Somehow, German just vanished at some point. We already started at an early stage to translate our albums, and at some point,…

— Bill Kaulitz

The German people have no idea of the extent to which they have to be gulled in order to be led.

— Adolf Hitler

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.

— Donald Tusk