Important Quote by Joseph Roth

“Never yet has such furious movement brought in its train such slowness in the passage of time. Everything is spinning, only time stands still.…

— Joseph Roth

“Above all there's a lack of personal discipline, manners, decorum, natural discretion. If everyone causes their own individual catastrophes, how can there fail to…

— Joseph Roth

“The good man believed that shortsighted people were also deaf and that their spectacles would become clearer if their ears heard more sharply.”

— Joseph Roth

A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know…

— Joseph Roth

“The world to come will be like this triangular railroad junction, raised to some unknown power. The earth has lived through several evolutionary stages…

— Joseph Roth

“[O]ur relationship with nature has become warped. You see, nature has acquired a purpose where we are concerned. Its task is to amuse us.…

— Joseph Roth

That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.

— Joseph Roth

That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be…

— Joseph Roth

“Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.”

— Joseph Roth

“A skyscraper is the incarnate rebellion against the supposedly unattainable; against the mystery of altitude, against the otherworldliness of the cerulean.”

— Joseph Roth

“Of course the merchandise appears to be cheaper. Because where there are so many things close together, they can hardly help not thinking of…

— Joseph Roth

Although the noise of the chattering clientele is much more significant than the topics of their chatter, it does finally constitute that type of…

— Joseph Roth