Quotes about Germans

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What's it like?""Death? It's like being on holiday with a group of Germans. — Rob Grant
What's it like?""Death? It's like being on holiday with a group of Germans. — Rob Grant
Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train acc — Vladimir Nabokov
Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train acc — Vladimir Nabokov
I was glad to be made awarethat “Veimke” (jeune fille au pair),is subject to natural law,and can be made fat,by such thi — Roman Payne
I was glad to be made awarethat “Veimke” (jeune fille au pair),is subject to natural law,and can be made fat,by such thi — Roman Payne
And thus to my final and most melancholy point: a great number of Stalin's enforcers and henchmen in Eastern Europe were — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
And thus to my final and most melancholy point: a great number of Stalin's enforcers and henchmen in Eastern Europe were — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not. — Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.
I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not. — Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.
A dog is der Hund the dog; a women is die Frau the wom[an]; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the — Mark Twain
A dog is der Hund the dog; a women is die Frau the wom[an]; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the — Mark Twain
There is nothing, he tells me, more odious than a German. However, their women are seductive, and they make the world's — Sofia Samatar, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016
There is nothing, he tells me, more odious than a German. However, their women are seductive, and they make the world's — Sofia Samatar, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016
Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themse — Fern Schumer Chapman, Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themse — Fern Schumer Chapman, Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. — Bertolt Brecht
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. — Bertolt Brecht
What had been a region of model farming became almost a desert, for more than half the population was exiled or sent to — Freda Utley, Lost Illusion
What had been a region of model farming became almost a desert, for more than half the population was exiled or sent to — Freda Utley, Lost Illusion
We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the coun — Helmut Kohl
We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the coun — Helmut Kohl
The Germans certainly - the intelligence service believed that there were WMD. It turns out that we were all wrong, prob — David Kay
The Germans certainly - the intelligence service believed that there were WMD. It turns out that we were all wrong, prob — David Kay
During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went — Angela Merkel
During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went — Angela Merkel
Germans make nice cars. — Jason Behr
Germans make nice cars. — Jason Behr
During a few days' halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies, a panic arose from inquiries made by — Julius Caesar
During a few days' halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies, a panic arose from inquiries made by — Julius Caesar
It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change. — Angela Merkel
It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change. — Angela Merkel