(157 quotes found)
“I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.”
Rick Reilly
“The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing”
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing”
German Proverb
“The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.”
William Jennings Bryan
“If the French were German in their essence, then how the Germans would admire them!”
Franz Kafka
“The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines. One tells them from the vinegar by the label.”
Mark Twain
“Every nation tracks their success based on how well they compete against the Germans. Everyone respects what they've accomplished, but at the same time a lot of us feel as through the gap is beginning to close slightly.”
Courtney Zablocki
“We can no more blame it on good Middle Eastern citizens than we can blame Hitler on people of German descent,”
Charlie Daniels
“My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son.”
Conrad Veidt
“There was a headline in an English paper that said 'Wow! Germans can be funny!' They were so proud in Germany.”
Daniel Bruhl
