Mosegaard German Quotes & Sayings

If, adhering closely to the absolute, we try to avoid all difficulties by a stroke of the pen, and insist with logical strictness that in every case the extreme must be the object, and the utmost effort must be exerted in that direction, such a stroke of the pen would be a mere paper law, not by any means adapted to the real world. — Carl Von Clausewitz

It has always seemed strange to me," said Doc. "The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. — John Steinbeck

Life is an opportunity to be who you truly are. — Debasish Mridha

It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline. — Kamisese Mara

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world. — Harry Reasoner

I bow down in memory of the victims, and I come to tell my Armenian friends that we will never forget the tragedies that your people has endured. — Francois Hollande

Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Gonna be a real frog-strangling turd-floater. — Charles Martin

For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other Internet devices pose a "threat" because they are built with backdoor surveillance functionality that gives the Chinese government the ability to spy on anyone using them. Yet what the NSA's documents show is that Americans have been engaged in precisely the activity that the United States accused the Chinese of doing. — Glenn Greenwald

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community. — Austin Stowell

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff. — Rickie Lee Jones

I am a Beyonce fan. I'm gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TVs in our kitchen has closed captioning so I'll be able to understand what she says. You know Beyonce can't talk. She sounds like she has a fifth grade education. — Wendy Williams

Discipline means choices. Every time you say yes to a goal or objective, you say no to many more. — Sybil Stanton

For having the courage to tell the truth during the war when everybody else was telling lies — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.