Germanic Languages Quotes & Sayings

The biggest single-celled organisms in the world. They live beneath the Antarctic ice. And as they grow, they take grains of sand from their environment and glue them together to form hard outer skins. — Neal Stephenson

Garbage time is that time at the end of the game when the points don't really matter, and nothing you do can really affect the overall outcome, but the rookies usually get a chance to play on the big stage. — Katie Nolan

... now a Chinese Fire Drill is just mildly offensive slang denoting a chaotic and unproductive situation like most police calls handled by more than two cops. Those I really try to avoid. Hey, screw it. I'm no hero. — A.J. Hoover

The origin of the word knowledge itself is strongly tied to trees. "In the Germanic languages, most terms for learning, knowledge, wisdom, and so on are derived from the words for tree or wood," says Hageneder. "In Anglo Saxon we have witan (mind, consciousness) and witige (wisdom); in English, 'wits,' 'witch', and wizard'; and in modern German, Witz (wits, joke). These words all stem from the ancient Scandinavian root word vid, which means 'wood' (as in forest, not timber). — Manuel Lima

I'll have you know I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assitance I'll call you. Capt. Wolf Larsen — Jack London

Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love. — David Gemmell

There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten. — Champfleury

India is a confused nation today. It does not understand its nature, which seems to be a hotchpotch of the masculine and feminine way. But if you force me to choose, then I would state that, at this point in time, we're a feminine culture in decline. — Amish Tripathi

LUK18.1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — Anonymous

There is no one lonelier than God! — Osho

You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the White House, as you learned, sometimes with painful experience, have competing agendas, have differing points of view, have priorities they're trying to protect. — Dee Dee Myers

There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look. — Twiggy

I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something. — Tia Carrere

True Christianity is not defined on the basis of external moralism, religious traditionalism, or partisan politics, but on the basis of a personal love for Jesus Christ and a desire to follow Him no matter what the cost (John 14:15). — John F. MacArthur Jr.