Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

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• The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

  

  Ovid
  • May
  • Ability
  • Will

• If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Great
  • Political
  • Ugly

• In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

  

  Warren Mitchell
  • You
  • Doubt
  • Little

• A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Life
  • Good
  • Why

• It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

  

  Tacitus
  • Difficult
  • Pleasure
  • Bear

• Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Superman
  • Nobody
  • Anyone

• We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Help
  • Earth
  • Know

• My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Respect
  • Kindness

• The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

  

  Karl Abraham
  • Able
  • Instincts
  • Repression

• In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Art
  • Culture
  • Food

• Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Want
  • Fear
  • Emotions

• The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Business
  • Political
  • Drunk

• My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Up
  • Work
  • Job

• When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • English
  • Kid
  • Talk

• I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Childhood

• Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • Trying
  • Better
  • Said

• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Authority

• I think the Vista fiasco will allow Apple to survive for a bit longer.

  

  Clayton M. Christensen

• I love using hummus as centerpiece and then making different containers of vegetables for fun dipping.

  

  Alex Guarnaschelli
  • Different
  • Fun

• I don't like anything that scares me, and I prefer to face it head on and get over it. Anyone who says they're not scared is a fool, a liar or both. I just don't want that fear in my stomach to be part of my life, so I work to eliminate it.

  

  Anderson Cooper
  • Life
  • Work
  • Fear

• Arms wrapped around his neck, she kissed his temple. "I'm sorry I scared you." It wasn't the done thing for an archangel to admit fear, but he was hers, and she'd hurt him without meaning to; it was up to her to fix her mistake. His wings shifted, but he didn't extricate their bodies. "I didn't know fear until you, Elena. Use the power wisely.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Up
  • Done
  • She

• Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience. They need to be able to involve their own imaginations as well. They don't need everything thrust down their throat, and I have a tendency to do that. I always have had a tendency to do that.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • Fear
  • Problem
  • Onstage

• Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

  

  Friedrich Durrenmatt
  • Fear