Eigentlich German Quotes & Sayings

The sun was overwhelming, like a heavenly accusation. — Kamel Daoud

The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail. — Annie Dillard

No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboats, righting capsized lifeboats, and handing over food and water. Rescue runs counter to the most primitive demands of warfare for the destruction of enemy ships and crews. Be hard, remember that the enemy has no regard for women and children when he bombs German cities. — Karl Donitz

It would be like a cleansing diet. The problem was, the only diet I'd ever been on backfired. Once I tried to go an entire month without chocolate. Not one bite. At the end of two weeks, I broke down and binged on more chocolate that I would have eaten in three months. I hoped my chocolate-free diet didn't foreshadow what would happen if I tried to avoid Patch. — Becca Fitzpatrick

The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony. — Friedrich Nietzsche

What the commission that myself and Leon Panetta is trying to do is analyze this in two respects. First of all, what's the right military response and security response? — Tony Blair

On a far-flung parcel of government land situated somewhere in the vast reaches of parched American western desert sits an abandoned and long forgotten government facility known as Lost Cactus. That is what the shadowy agency ~ that operates there to this day ~ wants everyone from presidents on down to John Q. Public to believe. — John Hopkins

The only morality I'm interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player's ears, because that's the interesting thing to me. — Warren Spector

To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time. - Leonard Bernstein, composer — Meg Jay

To make my brothers and my sister laugh was the greatest joy to me in my life. I like people who can make fun of themselves a lot. — Gemma Ward

I thought I could make out Jamie's Highland screech, but that was likely imagination; they all sounded equally demented. — Diana Gabaldon

One belief, more than any other, is responsible for the slaughter of individuals on the alter of the great historical ideas - justice or progress or happiness of future generations ... or emancipation of a nation or race or class ... this is the belief that somewhere ... there is a final solution. — Isaiah Berlin

If you are well off and can afford to spend ten or twenty-five dollars a day to hire some patient soul to listen to your troubles you can be readjusted to the crazy scheme of things and spare yourself the humiliation of becoming a Christian Scientist. You can have your ego trimmed or removed, as you wish, just like a wart or bunion. — Henry Miller

To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude. — Aimee Bender

She cries harder and I know I should hug her, comfort her in some way, but I'm selfishly counting the pieces of my heart that lie on the floor around me.
One for every touch.
One for every kiss.
One for every time I told him I loved him.
One for every time he told me. — Cheryl McIntyre