German Quotes

652 German quotes by 461 unique authors

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that… — Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
Should the German people lay down their arms, the Soviets... would occupy all eastern and south-eastern Europe, together with the greater part of the [German]… — Joseph Goebbels
Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as… — Stefan Zweig
I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the… — Michelle Hunziker
I flung my tongue round like a cat-o'-nine-tails so that my pleasant peaceful infant room became little less than a German concentration camp as I… — Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Temporarily in 1934 I became a department head in the German Labor Front and dealt with the improvement of labor conditions in German factories. Then… — Albert Speer
Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching you English and… — Tupac Shakur
Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large… — Norm Dicks
Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone… — John Amery
There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's the other way… — David Byrne
It is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to vote for the… — Ayn Rand
There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room,… — Julian Fellowes
Over the weekend it came out that the U.S. has been listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone since 2002. At this point, I… — Jimmy Fallon
Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls of… — Eric Burdon
Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill. — Flann O'Brien
I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer. — Adolf Hitler
We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside… — C. F. W. Walther
The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or… — Bobby Jindal
Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the… — Walter Ulbricht
Well, this week for example, I was just in Los Angeles making a documentary for German television on whales. They had tried to get me… — Wavy Gravy
The study of eugenics had its beginning in Germany, sometime after the mid-19th century mark, stimulated by volkish concerns for Aryan racial purity. Rudolf Virchow,… — Jim Keith
In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in… — Wim Wenders
Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew. — Anton Rubinstein
MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation - containing all the powers… — Ambrose Bierce

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