Kehlmann Die Quotes & Sayings

About that mystifying enthusiasm a million years ago for turning over as many human activities as possible to machinery: What could that have been but yet another acknowledgment by people that their brains were no damn good? — Kurt Vonnegut

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product. — Freddie Mercury

Sometimes people do things because they are furious or because they are upset or because they are out for blood. And those things can hurt. But what hurts the most is when someone does something out of apathy. They don't care about you the way they said they did back in college. They don't care about you the way they promised to when you got married. They don't care about you at all. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them. — Alva Myrdal

Let's dig deep, not to create meaning where there isn't any, but to see Christ, our companion, where he actually is, not where we wish he was. — Emily P. Freeman

There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was. — Laurell K. Hamilton

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. — Thomas E. Mann

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun. — Nicolaus Copernicus

One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man's reason can a movement succeed. — Samuel Gompers

The thirsty look for water, but water also looks for thirsty. — Rumi

But dreams are meaningful when you work toward them in the real world. If you merely live within the dreams of other people it's no different from being dead. — Kenji Kamiyama

What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing? — Carl Sandburg

I never lie for the sake of kindness," he murmured, smiling. "One of my many flaws. — Lisa Kleypas

Sometimes I just don't vote my convictions, that's all. — Harper Lee

I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great. — Bryan Ferry