German Quotes

652 German quotes by 461 unique authors

Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths. — Louise Rennison
The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration--and there… — David Eddings
Happiness is German engineering, Italian cooking, and Belgian chocolate. — Patricia Briggs
To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you… — John le Carre
When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit… — Robert Fisk
I remember learning German - so beautiful, so strange - at school in Australia on the other side of the earth. My family was nonplussed… — Anna Funder
Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a… — Dave Eggers
French is the most beautiful,â€ he said, â€œand Italian is the most poetic, and Russian the most powerful, German the most solid. But more business… — Pearl S. Buck
[On School Uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It's… — George Carlin
German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why your letter removes… — Franz Kafka
Of course, the underlying structure of everything in England is posh. There is no in between with these people. You have to walk a mile… — Neal Stephenson
He told me that once, in the war, heâ€™d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out; he was just… — Libba Bray
The scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden… — Markus Zusak
The difficulty will be to keep her from learning too fast and too much. She is always sitting with her little nose burrowing into books.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
He recalls what that first German soldier said to his major: No God-not yours or mine-approves of what you're doing. — Chris Bohjalian
The great German scholar Helmut Thielicke once said that a person who speaks to this hourâ€™s need will always be skirting the edge of heresy,… — Rob Bell
I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt… — Jerome K. Jerome
In Japanese and Italian, the response to ["How are you?"] is "I'm fine, and you?" In German it's answered with a sigh and a slight… — David Sedaris
In the beginning, I was put off by the harshness of German. Someone would order a piece of cake, and it sounded as if it… — David Sedaris

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