A Quote by Hermann Goring

Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver

Hermann Goring

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Hermann Goring
January 12, 1893 - October 15, 1946

When I hear the word 'culture,' I get out my revolver.

Hanns Johst

When I hear the word independent I reach for my revolver. At this point, what the hell does that mean? The English Patient is an independent film... Hootie and the Blowfish are alternative music. I'm the Queen of Denmark. I don't know what it means anymore.

Jim Jarmusch

When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.

Edward Abbey

Whenever I hear the word "share" I would reach for a gun if I had one. "Share" is frequently followed by the word "feelings", and I have enough of my own thank you; please do us both a favor and repress yours.

Stewart Brand

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.

Fareed Zakaria

Whenever I hear the word 'breakout,' I associate it with acne.

Bryce Dallas Howard

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Michael Crichton

I break out in hives whenever I hear the word disrupt applied to cooking.

Chris Morocco

The language of the culture also reflects the stories of the culture. One word or simple phrasal labels often describe the story adequately enough in what we have termed culturally common stories. To some extent, the stories of a culture are observable by inspecting the vocabulary of that culture. Often entire stories are embodied in one very culture-specific word. The story words unique to a culture reveal cultural differences.

Roger Schank

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

Stephen Vizinczey

When I hear the word culture - I release the safety-catch of my Browning.

Hanns Johst

'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it - As soon as you hear the word 'Reform', you should reach for your wallet and see who's lifting it.

Noam Chomsky

People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and they hear a word you're not allowed to say anymore.

Stella Young

I think that the nature of being a human being and someone who works in the creative arts is that you hear the word 'no' a hundred times before you hear the word 'yes.'

Thomas Kail

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

Thomas Sowell

We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word comes to us from every avatar of early human existence. As writers, we are obliged more than others to keep our lives attached to the primitive power of the word. From India, out of the Vedas, we still hear: On the spoken word, all the gods depend, all beasts and men; in the world live all creatures...The word is the name of the divine world.

Norman Mailer

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