Zuckmayer Quotes & Sayings

Hardly anyone thought that the threats against the Jews were meant seriously," wrote Carl Zuckmayer, a Jewish writer. "Even many Jews considered the savage anti-Semitic rantings of the Nazis merely a propaganda device, a line the Nazis would drop as soon as they won governmental power and were entrusted with public responsibilities. — Erik Larson

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large. — Plutarch

Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them. — Carl Zuckmayer

One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck. — Carl Zuckmayer

A life without a dog is a mistake. — Carl Zuckmayer

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt. — John Mortimer

The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic charter also says sports must be sports. — Peter Sagal

I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money. — Doc Brown

Everyone loves a hero. What we differ on is the question of who the heroes are, because we differ over what matters. And who matters is a function of what matters. [If] what matters is intelligence, the people who matter are the intelligent, and the people who matter the most, the heroes, are the geniuses. — Rebecca Goldstein

I spent the period reading the first novel assigned for English. And wow. If I hadn't realized I was in France yet, I do now. Because Like Water for Chocolate has sex in it. LOTS of sex. — Stephanie Perkins

Advertising has annihilated the power of the most powerful adjectives. — Paul Valery