Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't know what I was doing there. I enjoyed my experience, but I didn't grab it in the way I would now.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Time
  • Experience
  • Talent

• I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

  

  Babette March
  • Good
  • Thought
  • Just

• The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

  

  Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
  • Life
  • Time
  • Real

• Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Life
  • Acting
  • My Life

• Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • End
  • System
  • Compromise

• Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Know
  • Training
  • Military

• There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Life
  • Black
  • Black-and-white

• When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Always

• I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Pretty
  • Girl
  • Like

• It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.

  

  Randy Wayne White
  • Night
  • Way
  • Favorite

• Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

  

  Major Owens
  • Time
  • Competition
  • Compassion

• I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Believe
  • Country
  • I Believe

• But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Think
  • Interesting
  • Pressure

• 'Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Time
  • Long
  • Future

• El hombre, cuando es solamente lo que parece ser el hombre, casi no es nada.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.

  

  Antonio Porchia
  • God

• Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Work
  • Reality
  • Deception

• A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

  

  Gary Becker
  • Chinese
  • Stronger
  • Lead

• Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Rule
  • Lead
  • Unite