Top 823 Quotes & Sayings by Swiss Authors - Page 5

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.

I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

Yes, people do come across the street to say hi, but as they approach and get near, my perception of space begins to dissolve, and a new interest takes over that is primarily emotional, and with it comes a desire to touch, which may be a human interest, but not the interest of my work.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

I do not want to repeat myself with my roles.

It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.

It's always fantastic to be on the podium, and, of course, the top step is always our target.

One eye sees, the other feels.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do.

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.

We have to try and win every game because all of them are important.

I'm just really happy. Really satisfied with my whole medal collection.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

That's what it's all about. It doesn't matter if you climbed the Eiger's north face in two hours and forty-seven minutes or in two days. If it's your challenge, and you're happy with it, that's the most important thing.

You never want to concede a place, but when you're leading the race or fighting for a podium position, you can find ways to make your car very wide!

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

Play is the answer to the question, 'How does anything new come about?'

Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts.

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

When I was a child, she'd have me wash the lettuce ten times or open walnuts by hand to make a cake. I was like, 'Mom, this is ridiculous.' But now? I run my kitchen the same way.

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

I just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers.

Our principal role as designers is to accelerate new ideas and the adoption of new ideas.

The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

Philanthropic funding can play a vital role in testing and stimulating innovation that, when proven, can be implemented at scale by business or government.

I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become.

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.

One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take. It is going to be a huge hit.

Maybe if I was born in Kosovo, I might not be where I am now, so I need to thank Switzerland, of course, because I went to school there, learnt to play football there, and started my career there.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.

Humanitarian action cannot be held hostage to political ends.

In 1958, a year before the revolution, Magnum wanted to send me to Cuba because they had contacts with the rebels. I'd just spent six months in South America and said 'No', so I missed everything.

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.

Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.

It doesn't need to be the same every day, doesn't need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I've always been very flexible. I don't care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.

The dose makes the poison.

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody.

My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished.

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

Our regular fitness programme means that the race lasting longer than others should not be a problem, but something you have to prepare for in Singapore is ensuring you always keep well-hydrated, as the heat and humidity can easily dehydrate you.

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

This bikini made me a success.

I tend to identify with my roles to such an extent that I appear to be totally convinced about certain statements that, in real life, I would never believe in.

When I played for the Basel youth team, I also worked in a sweet shop.

It's simple - I love food. I am travelling all-year round, so I have the chance to eat every food possible, so I am really lucky with that.

The goal is not to solo. Of course, it is possible to move fast in alpine style also with a partner. I just need the right partner.

The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.

I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.