Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Die Welt ist eine Glocke, die einen Riß hat: sie klappert, aber klingt nicht.

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• I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • House
  • Hate
  • Day

• I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Time
  • Pregnant
  • Even

• I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

  

  Oliver North
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Bad

• I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Up
  • Good
  • Government

• I really like sort of disappearing.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Like
  • Really
  • Disappearing

• I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?

  

  Halsey
  • Up
  • Music
  • Dark

• I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Life
  • Up
  • Without

• I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Think
  • Way
  • Just

• The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • You
  • Back
  • Bottle

• People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • People
  • Good
  • Rich

• It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Different
  • School
  • Career

• To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Wind
  • Lie
  • Anchor

• I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Why
  • Think
  • Attention

• I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Money
  • Wife
  • Foundation

• I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.

  

  Barry White
  • People
  • Different
  • Happy

• If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Society
  • Peace
  • Desire

• For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

  

  Ian Lustick
  • Environment
  • Player
  • Consequences

• I'm not a big lingerie girl. I see it, and I love it, and I appreciate it, and sometimes I even buy it, and then it never gets worn. It just seems like kind of a wasted middle step. Either you're dressed or you're not. What is this in-between stuff?

  

  Natalie Zea
  • Kind
  • Like
  • Appreciate

• Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Live
  • Food
  • Water

• Arma tenentiomnia dat, qui justa negat.

  

  Lucan

• I have been a proponent of dramatically expanding the AmeriCorps program. By increasing the pay of participants to a living wage, it can act as a jobs program that, rather than trying to predict what will be technically viable jobs, will value social support and provide jobs that make communities stronger.

  

  Mark Cuban
  • Trying
  • Support
  • Value

• Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Death
  • Die

• Man sieht daraus, daß in der Universitäts-philosophie die Wahrheit nur eine sekundäre Stelle einnimmt und, wenn es gefordert wird, aufstehn muß, einer andern Eigenschaft Platz zu machen.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
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• Die Welt ist eine Glocke, die einen Riß hat: sie klappert, aber klingt nicht.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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