Seestiefel Quotes & Sayings

Continuous interpretation is achieved by trying to control every approach to the public mind in such a manner that the public receives the desired impression, often without being conscious of it. High-spotting, on the other hand, vividly seizes the attention of the public and fixes it upon some detail or aspect which is typical of the entire enterprise. — Edward L. Bernays

[Wars] can come in different shapes and guises, but always wars come in increments. I am convinced there are steps, and that once these events are set in motion, they are virtually impossible to reverse. There were other steps in the country's stumble toward war, and I remember these days clearly now. But again, at the time I did not recognize these days as such, not as steps but as days like any others. — Dave Eggers

She must continue to live life one day at a time. Neither the past nor the future existed for Eva.
She clenched her fist around her reins, drilling in the words she must never forget: 'there can only be the now. — Amy Jarecki

Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary. — Eric Cantona

German navy had its own tradition of assigning nicknames. One very tall commander was nicknamed Seestiefel, or sea boot. Another had a reputation for smelling bad and thus was nicknamed Hein Schniefelig, or stinky person. A third was said to be "very childish and good-natured" and was commonly called Das Kind, the child. — Erik Larson

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it. — Nicole Ari Parker

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country. — Margaret Anderson

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. — Anthony Ashley Cooper

I'm going crazy. I want this man to posess me. I want him inside of me. I want him any way I can get him. — Ella Frank

But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. — Salman Rushdie

Listening is one of the lesser-known skills that mistresses offer. — Betty Jane Wylie

To some people everything is permitted. — Christina, Queen Of Sweden

You look very librarian." He's right. The blue dress falls just below the knee and is probably the frumpiest-looking thing I've ever worn, but at least it's loose enough that I can fight in it if I have to. — Rysa Walker

The fruit of faith is love,and the fruit of love is service ... spread love everywhere u go.. — Mother Teresa

Mind is politics, because mind is ambitious and ambition is the root of politics. If you are ambitious you are political. Your ambition may take the form of religion, but the politics is there. Then you are competing with other saints. — Rajneesh

A painter like Picasso, who runs through many periods and phases, ends up by saying all those things which are on the tip of the tongue of the age to say, and finally sterilizes the originality of his contemporaries and juniors. — Norbert Wiener