Tucholsky Kurt Quotes & Sayings

A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates, — Kurt Tucholsky

Regret is just a waste of time for fools. — Kazuya Minekura

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped. — Kurt Tucholsky

Eddie remembered the punchline of an old New York joke: "Pardon me, sir, can you tell me how to get to City Hall, or should I just go fuck myself? — Stephen King

One man's death: that is a catastrophe. A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic — Kurt Tucholsky

She knew now why she had come up here. It was so that she might feel like this - as if she was upheld far away from things - as if she had left everything behind - almost as if she had fallen awake again. There was no perfume in the air, but all was still and sweet and clear. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No! — Kurt Tucholsky

The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult. — Kurt Tucholsky

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate. — Kurt Tucholsky

Language is a weapon, keep it honed! — Kurt Tucholsky

You should always pay attentionto quality. A coffin, for instance, should laast a lifetime. — Kurt Tucholsky

Science offends the modesty of all real women. It makes them feel as though it were an attempt to peek under their skin
or, worseyet, under their dress and ornamentation! — Friedrich Nietzsche

That story always seemed very symbolic to me ... Yes, but I forget what it symbolised. — Kurt Tucholsky

Expect nothing. Today: that is your life. — Kurt Tucholsky

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire. — Kurt Tucholsky

3. When making your dramatic exit, crawl along one of the web strands that extend outward from the center. Avoid the webbing that runs in concentric circles, as it's the stickiest.
4. Once you've escaped, say something snarky to the queen, like "Sorry I couldn't stick around. — Andrew Shaffer

On account of bad weather, German revolution took place in music — Kurt Tucholsky

How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone. — Kurt Tucholsky

fine initium novum,'" Matthew said, gazing upon the land of his father as though he had, at last, come home. "'In every ending there is a new beginning. — Deborah Harkness

Germany is an anatomical oddity: it writes with its left hand and acts with its right. — Kurt Tucholsky

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis Of Assisi

When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were unattractive ... abused kids had head and face proportions that made them look less infantile and cute. — Nancy Etcoff

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, thats what were needing! Weve needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine oclock. — Kurt Tucholsky