German Quotes

652 German quotes by 461 unique authors

It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture. — Cecilia Bartoli
Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as once… — Wilhelm II
Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is… — Wilhelm II
Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the lip-loosening effects of… — Erik Larson
I'm German but I didn't say that. I have no moustache — Sebastian Vettel
He had been to see Mrs. Erlich just before starting home for the holidays, and found her making German Christmas cakes. She took him into… — Willa Cather
. . . my pilot pointed to his left front and above, and looking in the direction he pointed, I saw a long dark brown… — James McCudden
Immanuel Kant lived with knowledge as with his lawfully wedded wife, slept with it in the same intellectual bed for forty years and begot an… — Stefan Zweig
German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real… — Brian Lumley
Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. — Karl Kraus
The Phenomenon of Man stands square in the tradition of Naturphilosophie, a philosophical indoor pastime of German origin which does not seem even by accident… — Peter Medawar
The German is the discipline of fear; ours is the discipline of faith — and faith will triumph. — Joseph Joffre
But as a German - and I am German-born - we Germans are condemned once again to be radical revisionists. — Ernst Zundel
My kids are around pit bulls every day. In the ’70s they blamed Dobermans, in the ’80s they blamed German Shepherds, in the ’90s they… — Cesar Millan
Hitler did not have Mussolinis revolutionary socialist background. . . . Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the bourgeoisie and capitalism and… — Richard Pipes
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to… — Franz Grillparzer
The process of which I am speaking is nothing less than a conservative revolution on such a scale as the history of Europe has never… — Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Bismarck's genius, as well as his great flaw, was the same as that of another outstanding nineteenth-century politician of the German-speaking world, Prince Clemens Metternich.… — Robert D. Kaplan
When I raced with Mercedes, I thought Id learn German. But my wife didnt want to live in Germany. — Juan Manuel Fangio
Germany is the place where when Hitler was the prime minister and supreme commander, he burned over six million Jews. This is because Hitler and… — Idi Amin
Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat. — Albert Kesselring
In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work,… — Silvio Berlusconi
I am troubled by the devaluing of the word 'design’. I find myself now being somewhat embarrassed to be called a designer. In fact I… — Dieter Rams
We know what we want. To us it means nothing that there is a Soviet Union somewhere in the world, for the sake of whose… — Buenaventura Durruti
Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the United States belongs… — Thomas Piketty

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