Gunter Grass Quotes

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

Gunter Grass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfFaceGrowFeelIgnoreSkin

They that die by famine die by inches.

Matthew Henry

DieInchesFamine

I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds.

Steve Scalise

SaidKindsFormAnyReject

The way customers relate to brands and how profit is generated has changed so dramatically almost every professional is being challenged to reconsider what they do in order to stay relevant.

Simon Mainwaring

ProfessionalProfitWayOrderStay

I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'

Ruth Bradley

WorkMotherAgeThinkingRemember

I don't see why you wouldn't cry when you're in an intense environment.

Louise Wilson

EnvironmentYouCryWhySeeIntense

I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.

Judi Dench

LookAlwaysGoingLikeDesigner

I want to dance. I want to live.

Domenico Dolce

LiveDanceWant

The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.

Demetrious Johnson

TimeFightFirst TimeFirstSawUFC

India is home, and that's never going to change.

Deepika Padukone

ChangeHomeIndiaNeverGoing

I work from a deep sense of insecurity. I have the belief, and I can't shake it, that there are endless reasons to turn the channel. There are hundreds of channels and entirely other things to do besides TV. And if you make a bad television show there's no reason for the audience to come back the following week.

Chuck Lorre

WorkInsecurityDeepYouChannels

It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

Brigitte Bardot

LifeMeLookingYouBodyYour Body

The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone.

Phil Harris

StandEnoughWaySoundUpRoom

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