Michael Ende Quotes

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

Michael Ende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 12, 1929 - August 29, 1995

Topics

LivePowerBetterYouHumanSee

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

John Cleese

LifeChangePeopleYouTellAbout

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

Andrew Jackson

WarDownRightOtherMeansStates

I enjoy doing nothing.

Jeffrey Bernard

DoingEnjoyNothing

I spent my 30s figuring out how to be a grown up, I guess. I loved my 30s! My 30s were really about being happy with what I was doing.

Ana Ortiz

HappyLovedDoingBeing HappyOut

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

Stephanie Beacham

SmileTiredMeThinkMoreLeave

Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.

Steve Nash

LosingPeopleWinningBlack-And-White

My hope is that flexible working and varying shift patterns will give workers a taste for idling and that they will gradually demand greater reductions in the length of the working week.

Tom Hodgkinson

HopeWeekFlexibleWillTasteGive

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

Mary Wilson Little

WhyDifficultSeeExpensiveLace

I try to be kind, and I try to reflect that in my comedy, but I'm also incredibly bad at being mean. I can't pull it off effectively, so I always end up reverting back to politeness.

Josh Gondelman

Be KindEndComedyBadBackKind

Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard to get work.

Josh Holloway

WorkCharacterManPeopleMeActor

The income streams of musicians have all been upstreamed into the pockets of computer corporations. Sound recordings are little more than free crackerjacks inside every computer or cellphone that you buy.

Anohni

FreeMusiciansYouMoreSoundBuy

I usually write songs in a guy key because my voice is so husky.

Linda Perry

VoiceKeyWriteGuyBecauseSongs

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