Quotes about german-language
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
german-language language speak
The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being. Martin Heidegger
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! Mark Twain
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. Mark Twain
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. Mark Twain
german-language giving awful
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. Mark Twain