Top 632 Quotes & Sayings by Hungarian Authors - Page 8

When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

You have to concentrate on yourself, to look at your own interests. You need fighting spirit. My parents, sisters and trainers helped, but I have fighting spirit.

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

I was always into bluegrass as a kid. Basically, I like music that has a basic simple structure and that has a lot of emotion and feel. Bluegrass and other old time music fits the bill, as well as what became punk - they both kind of have a similar framework.

When I'm not working, I prefer not to use any make-up so my skin can breathe. And I always moisturise.

When you're with a group of semi-psychotic people, you kind of lose track of reality; it's almost like being in some sort of cult or something.

Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which lives on in itself.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to find your premise in the mass of your material later. The important thing is to find it.

We are not communists.

I was very successful from a very young age... there was never a bad period.

I am a maker of useful things.

Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.

For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know.

Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.

The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.

A common pickpocket trick is for the operator to carry a shawl or overcoat carelessly over the left arm, and to take a seat on the right side of the person they intend to rob in a streetcar or other vehicle.

I was very lucky to be a part of a family where I got all the support I needed and I think this was essential for me to be able to reach my results.

It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.

We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.

Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.

Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.

In 1946, I re-enrolled at the University of Budapest in order to obtain a Ph.D. in philosophy with minors in sociology and in psychology.

I prefer being penetrated by iron to seeing Palestine is loose.

The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces.

My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated.

I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing.

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.

I started when I was five, and grew up playing against adults and against men most of the time.

I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.

When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my style. For me, the most enjoyable part is the puzzle, the process of solving, not the solution itself.

But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home.

Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?

In the early days, I was living with Dee Dee for a little while, and he was never around then, either. He would always be out. He was kind of an energetic guy who was always on the run.

I love the fast lane.

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged, causes the plant to turn brown. I did this in the hope of discovering, through these studies, the key to the understanding of adrenal function.

If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness.

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.