Besserwisser Quotes & Sayings

After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on stabilizing the domestic economy. — Ben Bernanke

If you think of all the enduring stories in the world, they're of journeys. Whether it's 'Don Quixote' or 'Ulysses,' there's always this sense of a quest - of a person going away to be tested, and coming back. — Robyn Davidson

When the mechanic has to mend a watch he lets the wheels run out; but the living watchworks of the state have to be repaired while they act, and a wheel has to be exchanged for another during its revolutions. — Friedrich Schiller

Your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited. — Hermann Hesse

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed. — Keith Ablow

There is no thing known as bad luck. There is luck, or no luck at all. — Jeffrey Fry

Insane is such an ugly word, a voice in my head said. Think of it as obtaining a new look at reality. — Richelle Mead

cursing, the delicate use of profanities, and some good basic slang to help you navigate the world of spoken German. So when a drunk harasses you in a Frankfurt bar, you'll know just how to tell him to "get lost" or "fuck off" (whichever you prefer); when a woman speaks to you of her Muschi, you'll know that she is either talking about her cat or a part of her own anatomy (you be the judge); and when the hitchhiker you picked up on the autobahn yells, Vorsicht! Bullen!, you'll know he is not warning you of cattle crossing the road but of the police. — Gertrude Besserwisser

When an idea is just rising on the horizon, the soul's temperature with respect to it is usually very cold. Only gradually does the idea develop its warmth, and it is hottest (which is to say, exerting its greatest influence) when belief in the idea is already once again in decline. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If you're on God's team, you can't lose. — Joe Gibbs

Only the soldier is a free man, because he can look death in the face. — Friedrich Schiller

We are all writing God's poem. — Anne Sexton

Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever. — Rick Warren

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. — Marcus Tullius Cicero