Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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• Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Fashion

• The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.

  

  Igor Ivanov
  • Believe
  • Security
  • Legal

• For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • God
  • Believe
  • Faith

• They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Women
  • Know
  • Heaven

• Really hairy backs on men turn me off. I'm not into the ape thing at all. Or beer bellies and flabby arms, either. Also, one random nose hair which is longer than the others... that's gross.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Men
  • Hair
  • Beer

• I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Men
  • Want
  • Black

• I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.

  

  Samuel Barber
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Style

• If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Good
  • Men
  • Long

• I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Men
  • Friends
  • Care

• I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Men
  • Home
  • Game

• I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

  

  Ira Hayes
  • Men
  • Honor
  • Hero

• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• I like breakfast sandwiches, and the Krystal Sunriser might be the best breakfast sandwich on Earth. It has a really soft bun and sausage, eggs, and cheese on it. It's great if you're out until 5 or 6 in the morning and you happen to catch the 5:30 first shift. That's what I used to do when I played clubs; I would almost stay out until they opened.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • Great
  • Earth
  • Morning

• My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Believe
  • Hope
  • Free

• I love men who make me laugh.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • Men
  • Love
  • For Her

• I work in a very tough area of Britain. There is not much hope sociologically where I live and work, they're all sorts of conditions of poverty and deprivation and so on, I really do believe that the message of the kingdom of God is for places like this.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • Work
  • God
  • Believe

• When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.

  

  Patrick Marber
  • Believe
  • Stupid
  • Choice

• I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Peace

• The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.

  

  David Lloyd George
  • Great
  • Hand
  • Heaven

• Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.

  

  Dave Barry
  • People
  • True

• I've - all my life with Nicole [Brown], no matter what was going on, I handled it without being physical with her.

  

  O. J. Simpson
  • Life
  • Matter
  • Brown

• I love to travel. I think it's the best education to experience how other people live. It reminds us of the abundance and variety we have in the world, but at our essence, we are all the same, we all want the same things: to live well, pursue our dreams, and be happy.

  

  Kandyse McClure
  • People
  • World
  • Thinking

• There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

  

  Georg C. Lichtenberg
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Earth