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Warren Buffett Foto

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”
Man braucht 20 Jahre, um einen guten Ruf aufzubauen, und fünf Minuten, um ihn zu ruinieren.

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

Kontext: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Emile Zola Foto
Peter F. Drucker Foto

“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Variante: There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?”
Ist der Mensch nur ein Fehler Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehler des Menschen?

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Oscar Wilde Foto

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”
Ich mag Menschen lieber als Prinzipien, und ich mag Menschen ohne Prinzipien lieber als alles andere auf der Welt.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Tamora Pierce Foto
Eckhart Tolle Foto

“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Quelle: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Emile Zola Foto

“Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.”

Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)

Quelle: Le Naturalisme Au Theatre

Anaïs Nin Foto

“Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

As quoted in French Writers of the Past (2000) by Carol A. Dingle, p. 126
Variante: Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Albert Einstein Foto

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
Ich spreche mit jedem auf die gleiche Weise, sei es der Müllmann oder der Präsident der Universität.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Attributed to Einstein by his colleague Léopold Infeld in his book Quest: An Autobiography (1949), p. 291 http://books.google.com/books?id=fsvXYpOSowkC&q=%22garbage+man%22#v=snippet&q=%22garbage%20man%22&f=false
Attributed in posthumous publications

“Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.”
Alles, was du mit deinem Gefühl glaubst, wird deine Wirklichkeit.

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
Blaise Pascal Foto

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much”

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

Variante: Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Michael Jordan Foto

“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.”
Um zu lernen, zuerst erfolgreich zu sein, müssen Sie das Scheitern lernen.

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman
Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
Es ist immer etwas Wahnsinn in der Liebe. Es ist aber immer auch etwas Vernunft im Wahnsinn.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Charles Bukowski Foto

“My ambition is handicapped by my laziness.”
Mein Ehrgeiz wird von meiner Faulheit behindert.

Charles Bukowski buch Factotum

Quelle: Factotum (1975), Ch. 45, Manny

Albert Einstein Foto

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
Wenn wir wüssten, was wir tun, würde das nicht Forschung heißen, oder?

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Zig Ziglar Foto

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
Wenn Du kein Ziel anstrebst, wirst Du es jedesmal treffen.

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“Pain was good. If I hurt, it meant I wasn't dead.”
Der Schmerz war gut. Wenn ich verletzt wurde, bedeutete das, dass ich nicht tot war.

Kristin Cast buch Hunted

Quelle: Hunted

Alfred Adler Foto

“It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
Für seine Prinzipien kann man leichter kämpfen, als nach ihnen leben.

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist

Quoted in: Phyllis Bottome, Alfred Adler: Apostle of Freedom (1939), ch. 5
Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories (1929)

Franz Kafka Foto

“All language is but a poor translation.”
"Alle Sprache ist nur eine schlechte Übersetzung.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Cassandra Clare Foto
Oscar Wilde Foto

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
Ein bisschen Aufrichtigkeit ist eine gefährliche Sache, und vieles davon ist absolut tödlich.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Quelle: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

Napoleon Hill Foto

“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds”
Unsere einzigen Einschränkungen sind jene, die wir in unseren eigenen Köpfen eingerichtet haben.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Variante: The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.
Quelle: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Charles Bukowski Foto

“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”
Ich gewöhnte mir beizeiten ab, nach der Traumfrau zu suchen. Ich wollte nur eine, die kein Albtraum war.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Quelle: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

Winston S. Churchill Foto

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
Der Preis der Größe heißt Verantwortung.

Winston S. Churchill buch The Second World War

In the House of Commons, February 28, 1906 speech South African native races http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1906/feb/28/south-african-native-races#S4V0152P0_19060228_HOC_307
The Second World War (1939–1945)
Variante: Where there is great power there is great responsibility
Kontext: I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility, where there is less power there is less responsibility, and where there is no power there can, I think, be no responsibility.

Robert Walser Foto

“Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.”
Wissen ist solange keine Macht bis es angewandt wird.

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Eckhart Tolle Foto

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
Sie finden Frieden nicht, indem Sie die Umstände Ihres Lebens neu ordnen, sondern indem Sie erkennen, wer Sie auf der tiefsten Ebene sind.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Osamu Dazai Foto
Oscar Wilde Foto

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Sich selbst zu lieben ist der Beginn einer lebenslangen Romanze.

Oscar Wilde Ein idealer Gatte

Lord Goring, Act III
Quelle: An Ideal Husband (1895)

Arthur Conan Doyle Foto

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
Es war immer mein Grundsatz, dass die kleinen Dinge im Leben die wichtigsten sind.

Arthur Conan Doyle buch The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Quelle: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

William Shakespeare Foto

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
Der Fehler, lieber Brutus, liegt nicht in unseren Sternen, sondern in uns.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar

Cassius, Act I, scene ii.
Variante: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Quelle: Julius Caesar

George Orwell Foto

“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
Bis sie sich bewusst geworden sind, werden sie niemals rebellieren, und bis sie rebelliert haben, können sie sich nicht bewusst werden.

George Orwell buch 1984

Quelle: 1984

Pablo Picasso zitat: “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Pablo Picasso Foto

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Verschiebe nur bis morgen, was du bereit bist zu sterben, wenn du es nicht getan hast.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Winston S. Churchill Foto

“Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.”
Unterbrechen Sie mich nicht, während ich unterbreche.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Terry Pratchett Foto

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Weisheit kommt aus Erfahrung. Erfahrung ist oft das Ergebnis mangelnder Weisheit.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
A.A. Milne Foto

“Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”
Versprich mir, dass du mich nie vergessen wirst, denn wenn ich dachte, du würdest, könnte ich nie weggehen.

A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Abraham Lincoln Foto

“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
Diejenigen, die das Schlechte in Menschen suchen, werden es mit Sicherheit finden.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Franz Kafka Foto
Paul McCartney Foto
Gabriel García Márquez Foto

“The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name.”

Gabriel García Márquez buch Die Liebe in den Zeiten der Cholera

Quelle: Love in the Time of Cholera

Rabindranath Tagore Foto

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service is joy.”
Ich schlief und träumte, das Leben sei Freude. Ich erwachte und sah, das Leben war Pflicht. Ich handelte, und siehe, die Pflicht war Freude.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath

Quoted often without citation http://www.tagorefoundationinternational.com http://rupkatha.com/V2/n4/11Tagorephilosohy.pdf
Compare this verse verse written by Ellen Sturgis Hooper:
::"I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty."
Disputed

Stephen King Foto

“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.”
Wir lügen am besten, wenn wir uns selbst belügen.

Stephen King buch Es

Quelle: It (1986)

Ludwig Van Beethoven Foto

“Do not merely practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; it deserves that, for only art and science can exalt man to divinity.”
Fahre fort, übe nicht allein die Kunst, sondern dringe auch in ihr Inneres; sie verdient es, denn nur die Kunst und die Wissenschaft erhöhen den Menschen bis zur Gottheit.

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer

Fahre fort, übe nicht allein die Kunst, sondern dringe auch in ihr Inneres; sie verdient es, denn nur die Kunst und die Wissenschaft erhöhen den Menschen bis zur Gottheit.
Letter to Emilie, July 17, 1812.
Quoted in Musical news, Vol. 3 (1892), p. 627

James Baldwin Foto

“The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.”
Der Ort, in den ich hineinpasse, wird nicht existieren, bis ich ihn schaffe.

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
Albert Schweitzer Foto

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

Variante: Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Jane Austen Foto

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
Die Phantasie einer jungen Dame ist sehr schnell; in einem Moment von der Bewunderung zur Liebe und von der Liebe zur Ehe springen.

Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

Malcolm X Foto

“We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.”
Wir wollen Freiheit mit allen Mitteln, die notwendig sind. Wir wollen Gerechtigkeit mit allen notwendigen Mitteln. Wir wollen Gleichheit mit allen Mitteln, die notwendig sind.

Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist

Speech at Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (28 June 1964) http://www.blackpast.org/?q=1964-malcolm-x-s-speech-founding-rally-organization-afro-american-unity
Variant: We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
As quoted in By Any Means Necessary (1970)
By any means necessary: speeches, interviews, and a letter (1970)
Kontext: We have formed an organization known as the Organization of Afro-American Unity which has the same aim and objective to fight whoever gets in our way, to bring about the complete independence of people of African descent here in the Western Hemisphere, and first here in the United States, and bring about the freedom of these people by any means necessary.
That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

Emily Brontë Foto

“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”

Emily Brontë buch Sturmhöhe

Quelle: Wuthering Heights

George Orwell Foto

“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
Jede Generation stellt sich vor, intelligenter zu sein als die, die davor war, und weiser als die, die danach kommt.

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

Review of A Coat of Many Colours: Occasional Essays by Herbert Read, Poetry Quarterly (Winter 1945)
Kontext: Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. This is an illusion, and one should recognise it as such, but one ought also to stick to one's own world-view, even at the price of seeming old-fashioned: for that world-view springs out of experiences that the younger generation has not had, and to abandon it is to kill one's intellectual roots.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foto

“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”

Anne Morrow Lindbergh buch Gift from the Sea

Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932 (1973), p. 3
Quelle: Gift from the Sea
Kontext: I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead to rebirth.

Pablo Picasso Foto

“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into a sun.”
Es gibt Maler, die die Sonne in einen gelben Fleck verwandeln. Es gibt aber andere, die dank ihrer Kunst und Intelligenz einen gelben Fleck in die Sonne verwandeln können.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

1950s
Quelle: Sergei Eisenstein (1957), Film form [and]: The film sense, p. 127.

Winston S. Churchill Foto

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
Die größte Lektion im Leben ist zu wissen, dass manchmal sogar Dummköpfe Recht haben.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Bruce Lee Foto

“Be happy, but never satisfied.”
Sei glücklich, aber niemals zufrieden.

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Aristotle Foto

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
Freude am Job bringt Perfektion in die Arbeit.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
Schreiben Sie hart und deutlich darüber, was weh tut.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Jodi Picoult Foto
Oscar Wilde Foto

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”
Wer könnte mit Freiheit, Büchern, Blumen und dem Mond nicht glücklich sein?

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Ayn Rand Foto

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
Die Frage ist nicht, wer mich lässt; sondern wer mich stoppen will.

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Erich Maria Remarque Foto

“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it.”
Wir haben so viel zu sagen, und wir werden es niemals sagen.

Erich Maria Remarque buch Im Westen nichts Neues

Quelle: All Quiet on the Western Front

Louisa May Alcott Foto

“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Weit weg, dort im Sonnenlicht liegen meine höchsten Bestrebungen. Vielleicht werde ich sie nie erreichen, ich kann jedoch hinaufschauen und ihre Schönheit sehen, an sie glauben und versuchen, dorthin zu folgen, wohin sie mich führen.

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist

As quoted in Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923) by Elbert Hubbard, p. 62

Joseph Campbell Foto

“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”
Wenn der Weg vor dir klar und deutlich ist, so ist es vermutlich der eines anderen.

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Arthur Conan Doyle Foto

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
Ich heiße Sherlock Holmes. Es ist meine Aufgabe zu wissen, was andere Leute nicht wissen.

Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Quelle: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Oscar Wilde Foto

“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
Eine Langeweile ist jemand, der dir die Einsamkeit nimmt, ohne dir Gesellschaft zu leisten.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
John Wooden Foto

“Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you’ve made the effort, do the best of what you’re capable.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)

Robert T. Kiyosaki Foto

“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
Gewinner haben keine Angst zu Verlieren. Aber Verlierer schon. Scheitern ist Teil des Prozesses zum Erfolg. Menschen, die Misserfolge vermeiden, vermeiden auch den Erfolg.

Robert T. Kiyosaki buch Rich Dad Poor Dad

Quelle: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Helen Keller Foto

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
Ist die Welt voller Leid, so ist sie auch voller Beispiele für dessen Überwindung.

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Joseph Addison Foto

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”
Lesen ist für den Geist, was Gymnastik für den Körper ist.

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

No. 147.
The Tatler (1711–1714)
Variante: A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body
Kontext: Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.

Mark Twain Foto

“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”
Die zwei wichtigsten Tage in deinem Leben sind der Tag, an dem du geboren wirst, und der Tag, an dem du herausfindest, warum.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

This appears on the opening placard of the film The Equalizer, attributing it to Twain, but there is no evidence that Twain wrote it. A precursor is found in Taylor Hartman's self-help book The Character Code (first published 1991), where it is not attributed to Twain: "The three most significant days in your life are: 1. The day you were born. 2. The day you find out why you were born. 3. The day you discover how to contribute the gift you were born to give" ( Google Books link https://books.google.com/books?id=gIKCxWxNmeMC&pg=PA147&dq=%22day+you+find+out+why%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijrJzc84vLAhUJzGMKHajvADEQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22day%20you%20find%20out%20why%22&f=false)
Disputed

Arthur Conan Doyle Foto

“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
Ein Hund spiegelt das Familienleben wider. Wer hat einen verspielten Hund in einer düsteren Familie oder einen traurigen Hund in einer glücklichen gesehen? Knurrende Menschen haben knurrende Hunde, gefährliche Menschen haben gefährliche.

Arthur Conan Doyle buch The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Quelle: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Ich kann allem widerstehen - außer der Versuchung.

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermeres Fächer

Lord Darlington, Act I
Variante: I can resist everything except temptation
Quelle: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

William Shakespeare Foto
Diana Vreeland Foto

“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.”
Die einzig wahre Eleganz liegt im Kopf; Wenn du die hast, kommt der Rest ganz von selbst.

Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) American magazine editor
Robert Frost Foto

“We love the things we love for what they are.”
Wir lieben die Dinge, die wir lieben, für das, was sie sind.

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

"Hyla Brook" (1920)
1920s

Richard Bach Foto

“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variante: if you argue for your limitations they are yours
Quelle: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Pablo Picasso Foto

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Kunst ist die Lüge, die es uns ermöglicht, die Wahrheit zu erkennen.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Desmond Tutu Foto

“We learn from history that we don't learn from history!”
Wir lernen aus der Geschichte, dass wir nicht aus der Geschichte lernen!

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

Often attributed to Desmond Tutu, actual source is G. W. F Hegel: What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it. Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832)
Misattributed

Madonna Foto

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
Ich stehe für Meinungsfreiheit, zu tun, woran man glaubt, und seinen Träumen nachzugehen.

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/Quotes/QuoteByTopic.asp?i=Dream

C.G. Jung Foto

“Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day.”

C.G. Jung buch Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Quelle: Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Bob Marley Foto

“You have to be someone.”
Man muss jemand sein.

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Jane Austen Foto

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
Ich verlange von den Leuten nicht, daß sie mir angenehm sind, weil es mich vor dem Problem bewahrt, sie zu mögen.

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist

Letter to Cassandra (1798-12-24) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
Quelle: Jane Austen's Letters

George Carlin Foto

“It’s called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it.”
Es heißt Amerikanischer Traum, denn man muss schlafen, um es zu glauben.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Life Is Worth Losing (2005)
Kontext: They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fuckin’ years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your fuckin' retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later 'cause they own this fuckin' place. It’s a big club and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club.... The table is tilted, folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice.... And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes every day, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it.

Raymond Chandler Foto

“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
Ich war so hohl und leer wie die Zwischenräume zwischen den Sternen.

Raymond Chandler buch The Long Goodbye

Quelle: The Long Goodbye

Ernest Hemingway zitat: “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Denk niemals, dass der Krieg, egal wie notwendig er ist oder wie gerechtfertigt, kein Verbrechen ist.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Introduction to Treasury of the Free World (1946)
Quelle: Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
Kontext: An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the earliest moment, is the necessary great counter-crime. But never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.

William Shakespeare Foto

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
Klug und langsam. Sie stolpern, die schnell laufen.

William Shakespeare buch Romeo und Julia

Variante: Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
Quelle: Romeo and Juliet

Oscar Wilde Foto

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
Es ist das, was Sie lesen, wenn Sie es nicht müssen, was Sie sein werden, wenn Sie nichts dagegen tun können.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
George Orwell Foto

“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
Das Doppeldenken bedeutet die Kraft, zwei widersprüchliche Überzeugungen gleichzeitig im Kopf zu behalten und beide zu akzeptieren.

George Orwell buch 1984

Quelle: 1984

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler.”
Gedanken sind die Schatten unserer Empfindungen - immer dunkler, leerer, einfacher als diese.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Sec. 179
The Gay Science (1882)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Foto

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
Das Beste, was man tun kann, wenn es regnet, ist, es regnen zu lassen.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

Variante: The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Aristotle zitat: “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Aristotle Foto

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Wollen, Freunde zu sein, ist schnelle Arbeit, aber Freundschaft ist eine langsame reifende Frucht.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Albert Einstein Foto

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

The original: "Example is not the main thing. It is the only thing. That is, if the one giving the example is not saying to himself, 'Behold I am giving an example." That spoils it. Anyone thinking of the example he will give to others has lost his simplicity. Only as a man has simplicity can his example influence others" is a quote by Albert Schweitzer, from a 1952 interview in United Nations World magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=qTAoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22&dq=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz7f_2v6vMAhUJxmMKHeEAB-QQ6AEIHDAA. Not attributed to Einstein until the 1990s https://books.google.com/books?id=JdRZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22+einstein&dq=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22+einstein&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif56qcwqvMAhXGMGMKHST5DRIQ6AEIHTAA.
Misattributed

Eckhart Tolle Foto

“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”
Einige Veränderungen sehen oberflächlich negativ aus, aber du wirst bald feststellen, dass in deinem Leben Raum geschaffen wird, damit etwas Neues entsteht.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

“I love you still,
Against my will.”

Ich liebe dich noch immer, gegen meinen Willen.

Sarah Kane buch Crave

Quelle: Crave

Stephen King Foto

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
Fiktion ist die Wahrheit in der Lüge.

Stephen King (1947) American author

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