Adenauer Konrad Quotes & Sayings

All that the socialists understand about money is the fact that they want it from others. — Konrad Adenauer

I am getting rather astonishing in my Italian conversation. I believe I talk a mixture of Dante and the worst modern slang. — Oscar Wilde

All human organs eventually tire, only the tongue doesn't. — Konrad Adenauer

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror. — Konrad Adenauer

Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. — D. Love

My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher. — Dwight Yoakam

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity. — Konrad Adenauer

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. — Konrad Adenauer

Thoughts and pictures come to my mind, ... thoughts from before the year 1914 when there was real peace, quiet and security on this earth-a time when we didn't know fear ... Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914. — Konrad Adenauer

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue. — Konrad Adenauer

When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood. — Konrad Adenauer

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain. — Konrad Adenauer

You have to take people as they are because there are no others. — Konrad Adenauer

To look back into the past only makes sense if it serves the future. — Konrad Adenauer

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

Awakening into love is a lifelong path. — David Simon

The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity. — Konrad Adenauer

You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back. — Peter Hain

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories. — Konrad Adenauer

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously. — Konrad Adenauer

The Good Lord hasn't done this well: He placed limits on everything, except on stupidity. — Konrad Adenauer

I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should have their heart broken. I don't think it says anything good about me at all. — Sally Field

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows. — Konrad Adenauer

A thick hide is a gift from God. — Konrad Adenauer

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat. — Konrad Adenauer

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual. — Konrad Adenauer

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. — Konrad Adenauer

Your responsibility as an artist is to experiment. — Squarepusher

When everybody else thinks it's the end, we have to begin. — Konrad Adenauer

The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead. — Konrad Adenauer

A thick skin is a gift from God. — Konrad Adenauer

God often lays the sum of His amazing providences in very dismal afflictions; as the limner first puts on the dusky colors, on which he intends to draw the portraiture of some illustrious beauty. — Stephen Charnock

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older. — Konrad Adenauer

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher. — Konrad Adenauer

There are things about which I don't even talk to myself. — Konrad Adenauer