Czechoslovakia Quote by Milos Forman Download Open image “In Czechoslovakia, we consider Kafka a very funny man. A humorist.” — Milos Forman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Czechoslovakia Funny Humor Kafka Man Very
Kafka thought his stories were hilarious. We don't necessarily have that reaction to them, but he certainly laughed his head off every time he… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When I went to Czechoslovakia under the old Communist regime one day in the '80s, I thought to myself whatever I do, whatever happens… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [. . . ] because one isn't always equal to oneself. — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
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“Kennedy entered, waving to the standing audience, an elderly gentleman in an Alpine hat and lederhosen struck up “Hail to the Chief ” on… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm humbled and enormously grateful to be connected to [Franz] Kafka in a any way. He is one of the writers I admire. I… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“A quick look at the map of Europe suggests that Kafka either had a profound ignorance of geography or a profound grasp of emotional… — James Hawes Copy Share Image
My own interest in Kafka's letter came about when I was writing an article on Peter Ginz, the boy novelist held in Terezin, not… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“It seems absurd for a man of twenty-eight to renounce the pleasures of life, doing violence to his nature by a pure act of… — Reiner Stach Copy Share Image
When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
You think you can do anything, and then you slowly learn how wrong you are. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates - starting… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Milan Kundera was my literature professor. He's a Francophile, so he made us read French novels like 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' which I made a… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Holocaust films will be made and should be made as long as we can't understand what makes people so cruel to each other. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things.… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
“The Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia hasn't existed for almost twenty years. So unless her parents are visiting 1992, they're in the Czech Republic.” — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a society where as a writer everything goes and nothing… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“When, in May, tensions reached a high point, London warned Berlin that if it attacked Czechoslovakia and the French were embroiled as well, "His… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
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“Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I was 25 years old and pursuing my doctorate in economics when I was allowed to spend six months of postgraduate studies in Naples,… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image