Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Who wants to understand the poemMust go to the land of poetry;Who wishes to understand the poetMust go to the poet's land.
Quotes to Explore
-
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
-
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
-
Life is too short to blend in.
-
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
-
Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
-
What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
-
During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
-
I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
-
Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
-
From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.
-
Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
-
The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
-
Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.
-
I'm a rock and roll singer.
-
The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.
-
I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing.
-
The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
-
I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
-
The nineties as a pop cultural sphere was a really fertile time for feminism that was grounded and located in popular culture. I'm talking about before the Spice Girls - Sassy Magazine, riot grrrl, the Beastie Boys, Nirvana. You had this alternative culture that was very much speaking up on behalf of women and in favor of women.
-
With 140 words in Chinese, you really can write a novel. Most of Confucius’s sentences are only four words, so 140 words might take his whole life to write. And you can discuss the most profound ideas related to democracy, freedom, poetry.
-
I am addicted to poetry, but the truth is I cannot pass up a good hard-boiled mystery.
-
People who buy 'The National Enquirer' would buy poetry. They should be given a choice. I'm absolutely serious.
-
A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.
-
Who wants to understand the poemMust go to the land of poetry;Who wishes to understand the poetMust go to the poet's land.
