Berlin Quotes

177 quotes by 155 authors

It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It… — Luc Besson
When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. — Mel Brooks
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me. — Mel Brooks
After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the… — David Cameron
I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was… — Claude Chabrol
Young people in college were not even born when the Berlin Wall fell, and so they are not really cognizant of the Cold War and… — Valerie Plame
When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would act, and act… — Harry S. Truman
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical… — Freeman Dyson
Fortunately I experienced Max Wertheimer's teaching in Berlin and collaborated for over a decade with Wolfgang KÃ¶hler. I need not emphasize my debts to these… — Kurt Lewin
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the… — Ayn Rand
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Johann Gottfried Galle
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to… — Jesse Owens
I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after… — Damien Hirst
Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts: then the coalition… — Thomas Jefferson
Berlin is the testicles of the West, every time I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin. — Nikita Khrushchev
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day… — John F. Kennedy
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and… — John F. Kennedy
I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language. — Mark Twain
Berlin is the place to which I am most closely bound by human and scientific ties. — Albert Einstein
I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, — David Hasselhoff

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