“You can always tell a real friend; when you’ve made a fool of yourself, he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” – Laurence Sterne
Hell and damnation, life is such fun with a ragged greatcoat and a Jerry gun! -Blok, Alexander
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an …
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Je mehr du gedacht, je mehr du getan hast, desto länger hast du gelebt. Immanuel Kant
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas” – Paula Poundstone
“Don’t offer me advice; give me money.” – Spanish Proverb
Feminismus existiert nur, um hässliche Frauen in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren. Charles Bukowski
The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if …
“Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.” – …
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. -Proverb, German
“Reason and justice tell me there’s more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.” – Anton Chekhov
Das Bauen starrer Festungen zeugt von menschlicher Dummheit. Denn wenn man Berge, Flüsse ja sogar Weltmeere überwinden kann, wieso dann keine Festungen? Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Breast and bosoms I have known Of varied shapes and sizes From poignant disappointments To jubilant surprises” – Waldo Pierce
When you are happy you can forgive a great deal. -Diana, Princess of Wales
“YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.” – Ambrose Bierce
Nichts macht den Menschen argwöhnischer, als wenig zu wissen. Francis Bacon
Du sollst dir kein Bildnis machen. (Max Frisch)
La sociedad perdona a veces al criminal, pero no perdona nunca al soñador. Frases de Oscar Wilde – 20/7/2010
Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: Paul Hubschmid (20.7.1917 – 1.1.2002) Filmschauspieler, ‘Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag’, ‘Die schwedische Jungfrau’, ‘Heirate mich, Cherie’, ‘Die …
“One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you …
“And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be …
Quality is never an accident… It is the result of Intelligent effort… -Sateesh
Der Wohlstand beginnt genau dort, wo der Mensch anfängt, mit dem Bauch zu denken. Norman Mailer
“Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has …
Nicht ein Treuebruch ist das große Verbrechen, sondern Gleichgültigkeit, Bosheit und Intoleranz. Lilli Palmer
“She’s leaving home after living alone for so many years.” – The Beatles
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” – Arthur Miller
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
“Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” – Shelley Long
“Where thou art, that is home.” – Emily Dickinson
It’s okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers — they help us to learn. -Bradshaw, John
Die Gartenkunst ahmt nicht nur die Natur nach, indem sie den Wohnplatz des Menschen verschönert; sie erhöht auch sein Gefühl von der Güte der Gottheit. …
“Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good” – Walter Savage Landor
Männer sind Geschöpfe, die wie Sparbüchsen den größten Lärm machen, wenn am wenigsten in ihnen steckt. Anonym
“He who denies all confesses all” – Spanish Proverb
Ein Dutzend verlogener Komplimente ist leichter zu ertragen als ein einziger aufrichtiger Tadel. Mark Twain
Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
“Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset
War is hell and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time. Hay, …
