Quotes to inspire and reflect

[ “Last words” :] Mehr Licht!

Amerika, du hast es besser—als unser Kontinent, das alte .

Was man in der Jugend wünscht, hat man im Alter die Fülle .

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust .

Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint .

Das also war des Pudels Kern .

Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt .

The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.

Nur, wer die Sehnsucht kennt ,

We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us. Raise them the best we can, and leave them free to develop.

Noble be man,

Du musst herrschen und gewinnen ,

Der Zauberlehrling .

Er kann mich im Arsch lecken .

Even he did not get to keep that lovely body.

Les affaires, c’est l’argent des autres!

There is nothing to be learned from history any more. We’re in science fiction now.

With the absolute heart of the poem of life butchered out of their own bodies good to eat a thousand years.

I’d better get right down to the job.

America how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?

Are you being sinister or is this some form of practical joke?

Asia is rising against me

America when will you be angelic?

“Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?” I cried,

[ The punishment of a billiard sharp :]

I have a left shoulder-blade that is a miracle of loveliness. People come miles to see it. My right elbow has a fascination that few can resist. It is on view Tuesdays and Fridays, on presentation of visiting card.

And make each prisoner pent

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,

Three little maids who, all unwary,

[ Yum-Yum :] Everything is a source of fun.

Behold the Lord High Executioner!

And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist—

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.

Twenty love-sick maidens we, Love-sick all against our will.

Our feelings we with difficulty smother

When the enterprising burglar isn’t burgling, When the cut-throat isn’t occupied in crime.

When the foeman bares his steel Tarantara! tarantara!

When a felon’s not engaged in his employment

I’m very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,

Here’s a first-rate opportunity

You shall quickly be parsonified,

He is an Englishman!

Poor wandering one!

Things are seldom what they seem,

When I was a lad I served a term

Bad language or abuse,

To return the compliment.