Quotes tagged ‘Germany’

“German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country's population - some 58 million people - could contract the coronavirus.”

— BBC News, bbc.com

“Think about it: If you come to this country from Germany, or Russia, or anywhere, you get off the boat, get on the land. But in order to become an American, you have to be white.”

— Toni Morrison, granta.com

“He brought them here and stuck them in his factory! Is he paying these poor people? Are their toilets for them? I’ve seen their faces! I can’t be sure of this, but one of them has a look like, 'I should’ve taken my chances back in Germany!'”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Abe Weinberg, Tony Shalhoub, imdb.com

“Objectively, I know the erosion of distance between countries can be a good thing. But I still mourn the gulf.”

— Liz Watson, lennyletter.com

“Blue-Haired Lawyer: But what about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn't it say, 'Die Bart, Die?' Sideshow Bob: No, that's German for 'The Bart, The.' Juror: No one who speaks German could be an evil man.”

— Jon Vitti, Sideshow Bob, Kelsey Grammer, imdb.com

“Rashid Bakr: This is what happens when a country refuses to address its history with slavery. White Student: We need to do here what they did in Germany. Everyone: What?! White Student: I meant educating kids about the nation’s horrible past part, not the concentration camp part.”

— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Rashid Bakr, Jeremy Tardy, imdb.com

“Anka: I'm from Germany, where the age of consent is 14. Archer: What is it, the Alabama of Europe?”

— Mehar Sethi, Adam Reed, Sterling Archer (voice), H. Jon Benjamin, imdb.com

“I sincerely wish that every member of Congress could visit the displaced person's camp in Germany and Austria and see just what is happening to 500,000 human beings through no fault of their own.”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

“It is really unjust to the Vienna governmental circles to reproach them with having instigated a war which might have been prevented. The war was bound to come. Perhaps it might have been postponed for a year or two at the most. But it had always been the misfortune of German as well as Austrian dip…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“I must really say that he is a veteran Communist, this Herr Josip Broz, a consistent man. Unfortunately he is our enemy. He really has earned his title of Marshal. When we catch him we shall do him in at once; you can be sure of that; he is our enemy. But I wish we had a dozen Titos in Germany...The…”

— Heinrich Himmler, en.wikiquote.org

“I know there are some people in Germany who become sick when they see these black uniforms, we understand the reason for this, and do not expect we shall be loved by all that number of people; those who come to fear us in any way or at any time must have a bad conscience towards the Fuhrer and the n…”

— Heinrich Himmler, en.wikiquote.org

“Do you know why no one remembers your name? It's because no one wants to remember your name. There's too many Smiths, DiMattos and O'Keefes and O'Briens, who show up here, replacing Toccoa men that you dumb replacements got killed in the first place! And they're all like you! They're all piss and vi…”

— Erik Jendresen, John Orloff, Frank Perconte, James Madio, imdb.com

“Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world. It is the biggest family in the world is the football. The same passion you have here in Turkey, we have in Brazil, they have in Russia, they have in Germany, they have... you know football is the only sport where you put people together, you…”

— Pele, global-leaders.tv

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

— Joseph Stalin, en.wikiquote.org

“They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun.”

— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com

“I have learned that if I want a real opinion on something, I have to ask my German friends, because they will tell it to me straight.”

— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com

“I am just old enough to remember those chilling and ominous days of Germany’s descent from decency to Nazi barbarism, to borrow the words of the distinguished scholar of German history Fritz Stern. He tells us that he has the future of the United States in mind when he reviews ‘a historic process in…”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info