Dolmetscher Quotes & Sayings

But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.
— Bruce Feiler

The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously. — Pablo Picasso

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character. — Ugo Betti

Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake. — Juvenal

Sebastian stretched. Clara stared. She could not help it. He was still in his breeches and shirt and she was riveted by the deliciously tight fit of the buckskins over his thighs.

"You could avert your eyes," Sebastian said mildly.

"I could," Clara agreed, "but I am not going to."

He smiled. "Hussy."

"I know. But I have waited a long time-- — Nicola Cornick

It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really exposed to Bollywood. It's commercial Indian cinema which is really over the top. To find an actor, or even a non-actor, who felt natural was difficult. — Deepa Mehta

Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase. — Alexis De Tocqueville

If we expect translation to reproduce the totality of the semantics and affective uses of the original text, then we believe that translation must be loyal to the seminal language system, rather than letting the discourse travel and undertake the adventure of discovering - or creating - a new set of meaning according to the politics of the translation itself. Rigid loyalty to the original in the translated version was, in effect, the intentionality of the translation of the doctrines and precepts that constituted the colonial discourse. — Hector Dominguez Ruvalcaba

If a man has to wait before he sleeps with a woman, he'll not only perceive her as more beautiful, he'll also take time to appreciate who she is. — Sherry Argov

That's how it happens, livin life by the drop. — Stevie Ray Vaughan

The bad news in our most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities is that many middle-class people can no longer afford to live in 'middle-class' school districts. — Sandra Tsing Loh

Just give me a second. Attempting to give a fuck ... Attempting harder to give a fuck ... Sorry, there was an error; fuck not given. — Suzanne Wright

When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain. — Gene Simmons

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration. — Kristin Hersh

Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mind. Master your thoughts. Let them serve truth. — Gautama Buddha