German Quotes

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.

The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others.

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.

It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.

I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests.

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.

We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.

Through years of secret work, scientific and basic ground work was laid, in order to be ready again to work the German Armed Forces at the appointed hour, without loss of time or experience.

German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views.

I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.

The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English.

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany.

The police officers, so far as discipline, organization, pay, and orders were concerned, came exclusively under the German Reich police system and were in no way connected with the administration of the Government General.

It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it.

I'm 16 now, I was 15 when it happened... and the encryption code wasn't in fact written by me, but written by the German member. There seems to be a bit of confusion about that part.

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?

In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had factories in Germany turning out stuff for the German Army.

I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.

The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.