Eure Lieblingszitate

Yanis Varoufakis schrieb:

"Time and again since the euro crisis began, I have had to correct the fundamental misconception that it is a tussle between Germans and Greeks, north and south, between a stingy Berlin and a profligate European periphery. On the contrary, the enemies of European solidarity, rationality and enlightenment reside in Greece, in Germany, in Italy - everywhere. And the same is true of their defenders."

Richard Stanley Peters (britischer Philosoph) schrieb:

Die Behauptung, dass man etwas begehrt, genügt nicht, etwas als wertvoll hinzustellen.
In der Tat könnte ein Zyniker sagen, dass einige Leute übel dran sind, weil sie nicht bekommen, was sie möchten, andere dagegen übel dran sind, weil sie faktisch genau das haben möchten, was sie bekommen.
> Heroinsüchtige wären ein Beispiel für das Letztere.

Max Frisch (Schweizer Schriftsteller & Architekt) schrieb:

Wir riefen Arbeitskräfte und es kamen Menschen.

Spielfilm „No!“ über den erfolgreichen Kampf gegen den Chilenen Pinochet schrieb:

Du kannst einen Despoten, der durch Angst regiert, nicht schlagen, indem du selber Angst verbreitest.

Erich Kästner schrieb:

Wenn er keine Angst hat, hat er keine Fantasie.

Aus dem Film "The Arrival" schrieb:

Die Sprache ist das Fundament der Zivilisation, sie schweißt eine Gesellschaft zusammen, sie ist die erste Waffe die bei einem Konflikt zum Einsatz kommt.

“Why didn't you become a sorcerer, Geralt? Weren't you ever attracted by the Art? Be honest.”
“I will. I was.”
“Why, then, didn't you follow the voice of that attraction?”
“I decided it would be wiser to follow the voice of good sense.”
“Meaning?”
“Years of practice in the witcher's trade have taught me not to bite off more than I can chew. Do you know, Vilgefortz, I once knew a dwarf, who, as a child, dreamed of being an elf. What do you think; would he have become one had he followed the voice of attraction?”

David Eagleman schrieb:

There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

Henry Kissinger schrieb:

One of the obstacles to continuity in America's foreign policy is the sweeping nature of its periodic changes of government. As a result of term limits, every presidential appointment down to the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary is replaced at least every eight years - a change of personnel involving as many as five thousand key positions. The successors have to undergo a prolonged vetting process. In practice, a vacuum exists for the first nine months or so of the incoming administration, in which it is obliged to act by improvisation or on the recommendations of holdover personnel, as it gradually adjusts to exercising its own authority. The inevitable learning period is complicated by the desire of the new administration to legitimize its rise to office by alleging that all inherited problems are the policy faults of its predeccessor and not inherent problems; they are deemed soluble and in a finite time. Continuity of policy becomes a secondary consideration if not an invidious claim. Since new Presidents have just won an election campaign, they may also overestimate the range of flexibility that objective circumstances permit or rely excessively on their persuasive power. For countries relying on American policy, the perpetual psychodrama of democratic transitions is a constant invitation to hedge their bets.

Henry Kissinger schrieb:

A market economy will, in time, enhance general well-being, but the essence of competition is that somebody wins and somebody loses. In the early stages of a market economy, the winnings are likely to be disproportionate. The losers are tempted to blame the "system" rather than their own failure. Often they are right.