Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by German Authors - Page 3

There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

Water for me is so essential, like swimming.

I really think that Muslim people should stop raising their boys and girls that way. They instill a macho culture right from the start of childhood. And if you have never learned to treat girls and women respectfully, you will never be able to act differently later on than the men in your culture, and in your family. That's fact.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those two hours, and where you place them.

I think if you're not strong, in life or in football, not every day is going to be going up and seeing the sunshine.

Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects.

The Phoenicians are entitled to be commemorated in history by the side of the Hellenic and Latin nations; but their case affords a fresh proof, and perhaps the strongest proof of all, that the development of national energies in antiquity was of a one-sided character.

The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.

Imagination creates reality.

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.

To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.

The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure.

I don't ever consciously change gears when I play jazz or classical. It's all music.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

Parenting is not just about you and your kid; it's also about whomever you're parenting your child with. So there is a kind of 'awareness' involved for everybody. It's all about the way you interact with your child and participate in your child's life.

We need a greening of globalisation.

For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business.

The economy is a very sensitive organism.

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

Life is full of challenges and surprises.

The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional.

I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven't had the right mentors and supporters around them - because of circumstances beyond their control.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's why their films come out a year after they shoot them.

We have an inner window through which we can see the world, and though it gets cloudy in life, it's our job to wipe it clean and see things as they really are.

You can only get better if you're prepared to go beyond your limits at times. That's very important for success.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place.

If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

When I wear Hugo Boss 'The Scent For Her', I feel more confident, attractive, and seductive - it's the perfect fragrance for a date.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Every good tennis player has to have a short memory. Good or bad.

The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.

Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.

I lived next to Russian soldiers. We had Russian army guys in our house when I grew up. We made lemonade for them; they were everywhere. I had a Russian school. I grew up with Russian traditions, I know Russian songs... it infiltrates me a lot. I even speak a little Russian.

My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor.

Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.