--- title: "9 Germanic Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Germanic quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Germanic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/michael-g-kramer-19957_historicalfiction_ernest-your-name-shall-be-hengest-which_1221643.jpg" --- > [“Ernest, your name shall be Hengest which is the Germanic name for a stallion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-kramer/ernest-your-name-shall-be-hengest-which-is-the-germanic-name-for-a/) [Michael G. Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-kramer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/michael-g-kramer-19957_historicalfiction_ernest-your-name-shall-be-hengest-which_1221643.jpg) > [“The foundation of the Germanic system was blood and kin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-s-churchill/the-foundation-of-the-germanic-system-was-blood-and-kin/) [Winston S. Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-s-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/winston-s-churchill-9737_quote_the-foundation-of-the-germanic-system-wa_977829.jpg) > [The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-pirenne/the-germanic-invasions-in-the-west-could-not-and-did-not-in-any-way/) [Henri Pirenne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-pirenne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/henri-pirenne-56071_could_the-germanic-invasions-in-the-west-could_1071034.png) > [The Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-taylor/the-germans-form-one-of-the-most-important-branches-of-the-indo/) [Bayard Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/bayard-taylor-7097_also_the-germans-form-one-of-the-most-importa_1873064.jpg) > [Anyone that was raised with a Germanic language will agree that our tone is strong, especially once translated into English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yolanda-hadid/anyone-that-was-raised-with-a-germanic-language-will-agree-that-our/) [Yolanda Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yolanda-hadid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/yolanda-hadid-6321_agree_anyone-that-was-raised-with-a-germanic-l_303611.jpg) > [...mastery of the art and spirit of the Germanic language enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/mastery-of-the-art-and-spirit-of-the-germanic-language-enables-a-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/mark-twain-22_art_mastery-of-the-art-and-spirit-of-the-ger_2670873.png) > [Thank the Lord, Germanic democracy means just this: that any old climber or moral slacker cannot rise by devious paths to govern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/thank-the-lord-germanic-democracy-means-just-this-that-any-old/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/adolf-hitler-253_climbers_thank-the-lord-germanic-democracy-means_2046201.jpg) > [“All Indo-European languages have the capacity to form compounds. Indeed, German and Dutch do it, one might say, to excess. But English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/all-indo-european-languages-have-the-capacity-to-form-compounds/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/bill-bryson-340_english-language_all-indo-european-languages-have-the-cap_1030803.png) > [I have a few minor rules for myself but I break them all the time. For example, when translating from Romance languages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/i-have-a-few-minor-rules-for-myself-but-i-break-them-all-the-time-for/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/adam-morris-29730_break_i-have-a-few-minor-rules-for-myself-but_2255666.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/germanic/#itemlist", "name": "Germanic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ernest, your name shall be Hengest which is the Germanic name for a stallion.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael G. 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