Pollmeier German Quotes & Sayings

The best way to make a sort of peace, a fragile armistice to be sure, but precious all the same, with men, officers or not, is to let them bask and wallow in childish self-glorification. There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and formenost vain. The role of admiring doormat is about the only one that one man is glad to tolerate in another. With these soldiers I had no need to tax my imagination. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

If you're learning a new instrument, have fun ... — Phil Ehart

Materialism and consumerism are merely emergent properties of our neurobiology given free rein in a free market. — Piers Steel

I was aware of my race from a very young age. Not in a negative way. Coming from an interracial background, I think it is important to understand who you are. — Misty Copeland

Any picture firmly held in any mind, in any form, is bound to come forth. That is the great, unchanging universal law that, when we cooperate with it intelligently, makes us absolute masters of the conditions and situations in our lives. — Roger McDonald

It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on - much of it stoppable, I think, and yet I, too, am also guilty of passivity. — Edan Lepucki

Like most people in the Midwest, Embryo doesn't believe in humor, especially when it pertains to sensitive subjects. — Jennifer Niven

If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others? — Hasdai Ibn Shaprut

Boredom, cynicism, and despair are spiritual diseases because they disconnect us from the most primal truth about ourselves - that we are here. — Rob Bell

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music. — Pink