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André Breton Foto

“Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.”

André Breton buch Anthology of Black Humor

Quelle: Anthology of Black Humor

Winston S. Churchill Foto

“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
Geben Sie niemals nach - niemals, niemals, niemals, niemals, in nichts Großem oder Kleinem, in nichts Großem oder Kleinlichem, geben Sie niemals nach, außer in Überzeugungen der Ehre und des gesunden Menschenverstands.

Winston S. Churchill buch The Second World War

Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23
The Second World War (1939–1945)
Quelle: Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
Kontext: Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Samuel Johnson Foto

“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”
Neugierde ist in grosszügigen Köpfen die erste Leidenschaft und die letzte.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

Quelle: Works of Samuel Johnson

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.”
Sei du selbst, alle anderen sind schon vergeben.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Anonymous advertising copywriter for Menards chain of hardware stores (2000), according to Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/20/be-yourself
Misattributed

Stephen King Foto

“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”
Schreiben Sie bei geschlossener Tür und schreiben Sie bei geöffneter Tür neu.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Quelle: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King Foto
Max Frisch Foto
Richard Bach Foto

“Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?”
Können Meilen dich wirklich von Freunden trennen? Wenn du mit jemandem zusammen sein willst, den du liebst, bist du nicht schon da?

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
George Carlin Foto

“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
Religion ist wie ein Paar Schuhe ... Finde einen, der zu dir passt, aber lass mich deine Schuhe nicht tragen.

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

“But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

Quelle: An Autobiography

Bruce Lee Foto

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
Ein Ziel ist nicht immer dazu bestimmt, erreicht zu werden. Es dient oft einfach nur als etwas, das man anstrebt.

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

As translated by Katharine Lyttelton, in Joubert : A Selection from His Thoughts (1899)
Quelle: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 121; this likely derives from the observation of Joseph Joubert: The goal is not always meant to be reached, but to serve as a mark for our aim.

Eleanor Roosevelt Foto

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
Menschen wachsen durch Erfahrung, wenn sie dem Leben ehrlich und mutig begegnen. So wird Charakter aufgebaut.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Agatha Christie Foto

“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
Das Unmögliche kann nicht passiert sein, daher muss das Unmögliche trotz des Auftretens möglich sein.

Agatha Christie buch Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot
Quelle: Murder on the Orient Express (1934)

Jane Austen Foto

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”
Je mehr ich über die Welt weiß, desto mehr bin ich davon überzeugt, dass ich niemals einen Mann sehen werde, den ich wirklich lieben kann. Ich brauche so viel!

Jane Austen buch Sense and Sensibility

Variante: Mama, the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Quelle: Sense and Sensibility

Paul McCartney Foto
Mark Twain Foto

“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”
Jede Emotion ist, wenn sie aufrichtig ist, ist unfreiwillig.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Abraham Lincoln Foto

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.”
Denken Sie immer daran, dass Ihr eigener Entschluss zum Erfolg wichtiger ist als alles andere.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Letter to Isham Reavis (5 November 1855)
1850s
Kontext: If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but a small matter whether you read with anyone or not. I did not read with anyone. Get the books, and read and study them till you understand them in their principal features; and that is the main thing. It is of no consequence to be in a large town while you are reading. I read at New Salem, which never had three hundred people living in it. The books, and your capacity for understanding them, are just the same in all places.... Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

Christopher Morley Foto
Pythagoras Foto

“Number rules the universe.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Es gibt nichts zu schreiben. Alles, was Sie tun, ist, sich an eine Schreibmaschine zu setzen und zu bluten.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Variante: There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

Stephen King Foto

“Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”
Das Leben unterstützt nicht die Kunst. Es ist anders herum.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Oscar Wilde zitat: “Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
Oscar Wilde Foto

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
Hinter jeder exquisiten Sache, die es gab, steckte etwas Tragisches.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Robert Fulghum Foto

“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”

Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Quelle: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Kontext: Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
Ein guter Schriftsteller hat nicht nur seinen eigenen Geist, sondern auch noch den Geist seiner Freunde.

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

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
Vergebung ist der Duft, den das Veilchen dem Absatz schenkt, von dem es zertreten wurde.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Napoleon Hill Foto

“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”
Es gibt keine Beschränkungen für den Verstand, außer denjenigen, die wir anerkennen.

Napoleon Hill buch Think and Grow Rich

Quelle: Think and Grow Rich

Henry David Thoreau Foto

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Der Himmel ist genauso unter unseren Füßen wie über unserem Kopf.

Henry David Thoreau buch Walden

Quelle: Walden

Robert Fulghum Foto

“Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.”

Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Quelle: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.”
Es gibt nichts, was wahr ist. Alles ist wahr.

Ernest Hemingway buch Wem die Stunde schlägt

Ch 43
Quelle: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

Terry Pratchett Foto

“Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Variante: If you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.
Quelle: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

William Blake Foto

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
Der Mensch, der seine Meinung nie ändert, ist wie ein stehendes Gewässer und züchtet Reptilien im Kopf.

William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

A Memorable Fancy
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)

Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“Memory was supposed to fill the time, but it made time a hole to be filled.”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Alles ist erleuchtet

Quelle: Everything Is Illuminated

Bruce Lee Foto
Mark Twain Foto

“All right, then, I'll go to hell.”
Also gut, dann geh ich halt zur Hölle.

Mark Twain buch Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Quelle: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Stephen King Foto

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
Wenn Sie keine Zeit zum Lesen haben, haben Sie nicht die Zeit (oder die Werkzeuge) zum Schreiben. So einfach ist das.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Variante: Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
Quelle: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Abraham Lincoln Foto

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
Du musst dein eigenes Wachstum machen, egal wie groß dein Großvater war.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow (1955), Speaker's Book of Epigrams and Witticisms
Misattributed

Mark Twain Foto

“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.”
Das Verbotene hat einen Reiz, der es unbeschreiblich begehrenswert macht.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
P.G. Wodehouse Foto

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
Und sie hat genug Verstand für zwei, das ist genau die Menge, die das Mädchen, das heiratet, braucht.

P.G. Wodehouse buch The Adventures of Sally

The Adventures of Sally (1922)
Quelle: Mostly Sally

Terry Pratchett Foto

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”
Die Gegenwart jener, die die Wahrheit suchen, ist unendlich viel besser als die derjenigen, die glauben, die Wahrheit gefunden zu haben.

Terry Pratchett buch Monstrous Regiment

Quelle: Monstrous Regiment

William Shakespeare Foto

“Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.”

William Shakespeare Measure for Measure

Quelle: Measure for Measure

Jean Paul Sartre Foto

“There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Arthur Conan Doyle Foto

“The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.”
Die Liebe zu Büchern gehört zu den edelsten Geschenken der Götter.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author
George Gordon Byron Foto

“The heart will break, but broken live on.”
Das Herz wird brechen, aber gebrochen weiterleben.

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Variante: And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.

Washington Irving Foto

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”

Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States

Attributed to Irving as early as 1883. [Hit and miss : a story of real life, Angie Stewart, Manly, Chicago, J.L. Regan, 1883, i, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435018229575?urlappend=%3Bseq=7] However, it does not seem to appear in Irving's known works. Other citations from the same year leave the quotation unattributed. [Henry S. (ed.), Clubb, The Peacemaker and Court of Arbitration, Volume 1, Universal Peace Union, 1883, 125, Philadelphia, https://books.google.com/books?id=Uu84AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA125] [The Australian Women's Magazine and Domestic Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2 (May 1883), 1883, Melbourne, 435, https://books.google.com/books?id=mq0sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA435]. A similar passage is found in a pseudonymous novel published two years earlier in 1881: "Julia knew that sacrifices to patience are not in vain. Although they often do not produce the happiness for which they are made, they will, always, flow back and soften and purify the heart of the one who makes them". [Illma, Or, Which was Wife?, Miss, M.L.A., Cornwell & Johnson, 1881, 239, New York, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435017658592?urlappend=%3Bseq=245]
Disputed

Jean Paul Sartre Foto

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Henry David Thoreau Foto

“The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.”
Die Sprache der Freundschaft besteht nicht aus Worten, sondern aus Bedeutungen.

Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Quelle: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Marcus Aurelius Foto

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Auf die Dauer der Zeit nimmt die Seele die Farbe der Gedanken an.

Marcus Aurelius buch Selbstbetrachtungen

Quelle: Meditations

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
Nichts kann die Seele heilen als die Sinne, so wie nichts die Sinne heilen kann als die Seele.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Andy Warhol Foto

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”
Achte nicht darauf, was sie über dich schreiben. Man misst es einfach in Zoll.

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“Why I'm Not Where You Are”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Extrem laut und unglaublich nah

Quelle: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Terry Pratchett Foto

“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”
Eine Ausbildung zu bekommen war ein bisschen wie eine übertragbare sexuelle Krankheit. Es hat dich für viele Jobs ungeeignet gemacht, und dann hattest du den Drang, es weiterzugeben.

Terry Pratchett buch Hogfather

Quelle: Hogfather

Albert Einstein Foto

“Black holes are where God divided by zero.”
Schwarze Löcher sind dort, wo Gott durch Null geteilt hat.

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

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
Manchmal ist das Loslassen ein Akt von weitaus größerer Macht als das Verteidigen oder Festhalten.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

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

Robert Fulghum Foto

“It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.”

Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Quelle: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Paulo Coelho Foto

“When you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”
Wenn man nicht mehr zurück kann, muss man sich nur Gedanken darüber machen, wie man am besten vorwärts kommt.

Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist

Quelle: The Alchemist

Oscar Wilde Foto

“True friends stab you in the front”
Wahre Freunde stechen dich als erstes.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Also found in variants such as "A true friend stabs you in the front".
The earliest known example of this quote comes from Walter Winchell's syndicated newspaper column in mid-January 1955: 'On Broadway, cynically reports Jimmy Nelson, "a true friend is one who stabs you in the front"'
The earliest version of this quote found in Google Books is from 1958, where the quote "A true friend is one who stabs you in the front" is attributed to actor Steve Dunne https://books.google.com/books?id=MF5-AAAAMAAJ&q=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&dq=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig2JCRnKrMAhUC42MKHaNzCGsQ6AEIHDAA.
In 1981, a similar quote: "He is a fine friend. He stabs you in the front" was attributed to Hollywood writer and producer Leonard Levinson https://books.google.com/books?id=Xbe8zbfuVLgC&q=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&dq=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMjOrQnKrMAhVL2GMKHcQQDSgQ6AEIHTAA.
In 1984, an article in Ms. Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=sfIbAQAAMAAJ&q=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&dq=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMjOrQnKrMAhVL2GMKHcQQDSgQ6AEIJzAC stated that "the Hollywood definition of a friend" was "someone who stabs you in the front".
The earliest attribution to Oscar Wilde was from 1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=CnQJAAAAIAAJ&q=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22+wilde&dq=friend+%22stabs+you+in+the+front%22+wilde&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2oqLfnKrMAhVG52MKHXdPANkQ6AEIJTAC: "A good friend is one who stabs you in the front". No source was given.
Disputed
Variante: A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Quelle: e.g. "Broadway and Elsewhere" https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3706522/, Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN), 1955-01-16, p. 4

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.”
Ich bin gewachsen, um Geheimhaltung zu lieben. Es scheint das Einzige zu sein, was das moderne Leben für uns mysteriös oder wunderbar machen kann. Das Gemeinste ist herrlich, wenn nur einer es versteckt.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
Alle Dinge unterliegen der Interpretation je nachdem, was Interpretation zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt herrscht, ist eine Funktion der Macht und nicht die Wahrheit.

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

“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
Jeder Tag ist ein neuer Tag. Es ist besser, Glück zu haben. Aber ich wäre lieber genau. Wenn dann das Glück kommt, bist du bereit.

Ernest Hemingway buch The Old Man and the Sea

Quelle: The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

Winston S. Churchill zitat: “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
Winston S. Churchill Foto

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
Diplomatie ist, jemanden so zur Hölle zu schicken, daß er sich auf die Reise freut.

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

This appears to be a variation of a quote often attributed to Caskie Stinnett in 1960, "A diplomat...is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kcycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=%22A+diplomat+is+a+person+who+can+tell+you+to+go+to+hell+in+such+a+way+that+you+actually+look+forward+to+the+trip.%22 but which appears to have been in common use in the 1950s and is first recorded in the Seattle Daily Times in 1953 as "Diplomat—one who can tell you to go to hades and make you look forward to the trip". http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_diplomat_is_a_person_who_can_tell_you_to_go_to_hell_so_that_you_look_forw/
Misattributed
Variante: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions

Anatole France Foto

“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer

Variante: To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Quelle: Discours de réception, Séance De L'académie Française (introductory speech at a session of the French Academy), 24th December 1896, on Ferdinand de Lesseps' work on the Suez Canal.
Kontext: To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Richard Branson Foto

“Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.”
Geschäftsmöglichkeiten sind wie Busse, es kommt immer wieder ein anderer.

Richard Branson (1950) English business magnate, investor and philanthropist
Bob Marley Foto

“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
Marihuana ist die Heilung der Nation, Alkohol die Zerstörung.

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
John Wooden Foto

“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

They Call Me Coach (1972)
Variante: Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
Jemand anderes sein zu wollen, ist eine Verschwendung der Person, die Sie sind.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Paulo Coelho Foto

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”
Akzeptiere, was dir das Leben bietet und versuche, aus jedem Glas zu trinken. Alle Weine sollten gekostet werden; von einigen sollte man nur nippen, aber von anderen die ganze Flasche trinken.

Paulo Coelho buch Brida

Quelle: Brida

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Who, being loved, is poor?”
Wer, der geliebt wird, ist arm?

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Joseph Campbell Foto

“I don't have to have faith, I have experience.”
Ich muss keinen Glauben haben, ich habe Erfahrung.

Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth

Quelle: The Power of Myth

Terry Pratchett Foto

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
Zu Ihrem Ausgangspunkt zurückzukehren ist nicht dasselbe wie nie wieder zu gehen.

Terry Pratchett buch A Hat Full of Sky

Quelle: A Hat Full of Sky

Sören Kierkegaard Foto

“Once you label me you negate me.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

As attributed in Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, Vol. 2 (1976) by American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, p. 33; no earlier incidents have been located.
Variants:
When you label me, you negate me.
As attributed in Inner Joy (1985) by Kory Bloomfield, p 169
Disputed
Variante: What labels me, negates me.

William Shakespeare Foto

“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Denn niemals war die Geschichte so traurig wie die von Julia und ihrem Romeo.

William Shakespeare buch Romeo und Julia

Quelle: Romeo and Juliet

Alexandre Dumas Foto
Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
Du hast deinen Weg. Ich habe meinen weg Den richtigen Weg, den richtigen Weg und den einzigen Weg gibt es nicht.

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

“The beginning is always today.”

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer
Vernor Vinge Foto

“So much technology, so little talent.”

Vernor Vinge buch Rainbows End

Quelle: Rainbows End (2006)

William Faulkner Foto

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

Paris Review interview (1958)
Kontext: Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

Shunryu Suzuki Foto

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.”

Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary

Prologue
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1973)
Variante: In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few
Quelle: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Terry Pratchett Foto
Anne Lamott Foto

“… the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Quelle: Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

Ray Bradbury Foto

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
Sie müssen keine Bücher verbrennen, um eine Kultur zu zerstören. Lass die Leute einfach aufhören, diese zu lesen.

Ray Bradbury buch Ray Bradbury

As quoted in "Bradbury Still Believes in Heat of ‘Fahrenheit 451’" http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930312&slug=1689996, interview by Misha Berson, in ', credited to "Ray Bradbury, quoted by Misha Berson in Seattle Times", in "Quotable Quotes", The Reader's Digest, Vol. 144, No. 861, January 1994, p. 25 http://books.google.com/books?output=html&id=ZqqUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22people+to+stop+reading%22#search_anchor), or an indirect reference to the re-quoting in Reader's Digest (such as: The Times Book of Quotations (Philip Howard, ed.), 2000, Times Books and HarperCollins, p. 93
Variant: We're not teaching kids to read and write and think. … There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.
As quoted in "At 80, Ray Bradbury Still Fighting the Future He Foresaw" http://www.raybradbury.com/articles_peoria.html, interview by Roger Moore, in The Peoria Journal Star (August 2000)
Kontext: The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. Look at the magazines, the newspapers around us – it's all junk, all trash, tidbits of news. The average TV ad has 120 images a minute. Everything just falls off your mind. … You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
Wenn Leute reden, hör völlig zu. Die meisten Leute hören nie zu.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Annie Dillard Foto

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

Annie Dillard (1945) American writer

Quelle: " The Writing Life http://www.tikkun.org/mediagallery/download.php?mid=20090505114218282" (link is to PDF download), Tikkun magazine, Volume 3, Number 6, 1988

Confucius Foto

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
Wenn Sie einen guten Menschen sehen, denken Sie daran, wie er / sie zu werden. Wenn Sie jemanden sehen, der nicht so gut ist, denken Sie über Ihre eigenen Schwachstellen nach.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Variante: When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.

Timothy Leary Foto

“Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac”
Intelligenz ist das ultimative Aphrodisiakum.

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist
Marcus Aurelius Foto

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”
Ich habe mich oft gefragt, wie es sein kann, dass jeder Mann sich selbst mehr liebt als alle anderen Männer, aber dennoch weniger Wert auf seine eigene Meinung von sich selbst legt, als auf die Meinung anderer.

Marcus Aurelius buch Selbstbetrachtungen

Quelle: Meditations

Stephen King Foto

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
"Allein." Ja, das ist das Schlüsselwort, das schrecklichste Wort in unserer Sprache. "Mord" kann ihm nicht das Wasser reichen, und "Hölle" ist nur ein dürftiges Synonym...

Stephen King buch Brennen muss Salem

Variante: Alone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym…
Quelle: 'Salem's Lot

Jack Kerouac Foto

“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”
Ich war wie immer überrascht, wie einfach das Verlassen war und wie gut es sich anfühlte. Die Welt war plötzlich reich an Möglichkeiten.

Jack Kerouac buch Unterwegs

Not a Kerouac quote, but by Jon Krakauer, from his nonfiction book Into the Wild (1996).
Misattributed
Quelle: On the Road

Mark Twain Foto

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Eine Lüge reist einmal um die Erde, während sich die Wahrheit die Schuhe anzieht.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Variante: A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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