Quotes tagged ‘Germans’

“Germans are still the best toy makers in the world!”

— Philip Yordan, Milton Sperling, Col Hessler, Robert Shaw, imdb.com

“And the Germans claim to be intelligent! You know what I think, I think they are totally stupid. I have a family to feed. I spend half my time here, waiting for them to let us through. Why do they think I come here, to listen to the music?”

— Ronald Harwood, Man Waiting to Cross, Anthony Milner, imdb.com

“Hoffmann: No one wants to read about Jews. Peter Miller: They were GERMANS! Hoffmann: They were German Jews.”

— Kenneth Ross, George Markstein, Hoffmann, Werner Bruhns, imdb.com

“Of course I know they're listening! I want them to hear! I want them to hear it all! [from outside, where Legasov and General Tarakanov can hear] Do you know what we're doing here?! Tell those geniuses what they have done! I don't give a fuck! Tell them! Go tell them! Ryzhkov! Go tell them he's a jo…”

— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, imdb.com

“Alan Turing: I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world. Commander Denniston: Enigma isn't difficult, it's impossible. The Americans, the Russians, the French, the Germans, everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable. Alan Turing: Good. Let me try and we'll k…”

— Graham Moore, Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch, imdb.com

“St. Cyril's, where we used to hide from the Germans. Only Kristatos would make an abandoned monastery his personal retreat.”

— Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Milos Columbo, Chaim Topol, imdb.com

“Derice Bannock: You don't see the Swiss team fighting, do you? You don't see the Swiss team drinking and carrying on and such. Sanka Coffie: And you don't see the Swiss team smiling, neither. In fact, if one of those Swiss boys ever come across a pretty girl, he probably yell, 'eins, zwei, drei' and…”

— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Sanka Coffie, Doug E. Doug, imdb.com

“When I was a kid I asked my grandpa once if he ever killed any Germans in the war. He wouldn't answer. He said that was grown-up stuff, so so I asked if the Germans ever tried to kill him. But he got real quiet. He said he was dead the minute he stepped into enemy territory. Every day he woke up and…”

— Heather Bellson, Rick Grimes, Andrew Lincoln, imdb.com

“Nowadays battles are just sort of a ‘You shoot up my town and I'll shoot up yours. They say that Americans don't play fair. They shoot 'em up all the time. I hope so because I want to finish this job as soon as possible and begin making an honest living again....Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans,…”

— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org

“As opposed to this, we National Socialists must hold unflinchingly to our aim in foreign policy, namely, to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. And this action is the only one which, before God and our German posterity, would make any sacrifice of…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“Only the Jew knew that by an able and persistent use of propaganda heaven itself can be presented to the people as if it were hell and, vice versa, the most miserable kind of life can be presented as if it were paradise. The Jew knew this and acted accordingly. But the German, or rather his Governme…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“We shall never be rough or heartless where it is not necessary; that is clear. We Germans, who are the only people in the world who have a decent attitude to animals, will also adopt a decent attitude to these human animals.”

— Heinrich Himmler, historyplace.com

“[W]orking men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur wit…”

— Abraham Lincoln, quod.lib.umich.edu

“Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.”

— Joseph Stalin, en.wikiquote.org

“My Grandad was a WWII veteran. In just one day during the Battle of Britain, he destroyed 8 German aircraft killing 32 Nazi aviators. Easily the worst mechanic the Luftwaffe ever had.”

— fossie1, reddit.com