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german-language years awful
A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. Mark Twain
german-language language charmed
How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!
german-language awful toothache
In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language.
german-language years down-and
My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.
german-language giving awful
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.
german-language language speak
The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being. Martin Heidegger
german-language language organs
The German language is the organ among the languages. Jean Paul
german-language bumblebees literature
I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly. John le Carre
german-language littles today
Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. Karl Kraus
years government gold
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history. Charles de Gaulle
years stories goes-on
There are no happy endings... There are no endings, happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories which are just part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others stories - perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years - and then we step out of them again. But all the while, the Story just goes on. Charles de Lint
years needs answers
Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases. Charles Stross
years preparation left
If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation. Charles Spurgeon
years oil alchemist
I'm a bit of an alchemist sorceress. I've collected probably 1500 oils from around the planet over the last ten years. I'm kind of obsessed with the sensuality of it. Alanis Morissette
years white black
...for thousands of years human history has been a magnificently futile conflict, a wonderfully staged panorama of triumphs and tragedies based on the resolute taboo against admitting that black goes with white. Alan Watts
years people car
Although the quality of the vehicles is tremendously improving year after year but the underlying reasons that people are buying cars have really gotten focused. It's for high quality vehicles, reliable, fuel-efficient, and safe of course. Alan Mulally
years mad people
I've known a lot of people go mad over the years, and it is more distressing than people dying. People dying is quite natural, people going mad is the complete antithesis of that. Alan Moore
years rose three
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.
down-and fraud gross
The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence. Charles Caleb Colton
down-and firsts cameras
My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It's much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it. Bo Burnham
down-and infinity
I screamed, and--lo!--Infinity Came down and settled over me Edna St. Vincent Millay
down-and quitter
I had to sit down and explain to [her friend] that AA was for quitters Chelsea Handler
down-and quarterback hard
The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard Al Davis
down-and baths needs
We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh? Al Capone
down-and intense-emotions deals
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.
down-and way dollars
Nobody's profitable at this moment, because recession is on; advertising dollars are down, and expenses are way up. So that kind of belies the situation that you would expect, because the ratings are way up everywhere. Brit Hume
down-and certain relate
I definitely can relate to being down and closed-off at certain times in my life. Aubrey Plaza