Gunter Grass Quotes

If we take into account the existence of our planet, we have to recognise that we are guests that spend a short and very determined period in this world, and all we leave behind is nuclear waste.

Gunter Grass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: October 16, 1927 - April 13, 2015

Topics

WorldShortExistenceGuestsLeave

Every day when I wake up, I check Instagram.

Jessica Williams

DayWake UpEvery DayUpCheckWake

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

Matthew Hayden

GoodCricketSidesOverBoth Sides

I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use.

Ann Makosinski

EnergyNeverInterestedUseReally

When the intelligence is making a policymaker too happy, he ought to challenge it, and even if he doesn't, the intelligence briefer needs to launch a red team against his own conclusions to see if he can hold his ground.

Michael Hayden

ChallengeIntelligenceRedHappySee

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.

John Steinbeck

GoodMeWeatherHellOutLived

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

Smedley Butler

PeaceWarEndYouStopResolutions

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

Mick Jagger

AloneThank YouGivingAttentionYou

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Mohammed Morsi

ConflictWorldLeadStabilityDoes

I am very happily employed as a full-time software engineer; I travel a lot, and I write books along with this here weekly TechCrunch column; and I still find the time to work on my own software side projects.

Jon Evans

WorkTimeTravelI AmFindMy Own

If you have not had direct firsthand experience of loving a category of person - a person of a different race, a profoundly religious person, things that are real stark differences between people - I think it is very hard to dare, or necessarily even want, to write fully from the inside of a person.

Jonathan Franzen

ExperiencePeopleThinkYouLoving

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.

Desiderius Erasmus

MenWorldLongTempleNeverServe

Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John Kerry's speech and overall ineffective convention nearly sank him in 2004 (though he was almost saved by the debates).

Chuck Todd

AcceptanceSpeechHimBreakAlmost

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