Gunter Grass Quotes

A writer must face up to the test of reality, including political reality, and that can't be done if he keeps his distance. A literary style cultivated like a hothouse plant may show a certain artificial purity, but it won't really be pure.

Gunter Grass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StyleFaceRealityPlantPolitical

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

YouTerrorismWillWhereverDish

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

Rose Namajunas

RespectHonorArtsMartial Arts

Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.

Dick Bruna

BeachSleepStoryHouseRunHim

If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England.

Christian Louboutin

ShoesQueenSpecialProjectWould

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

Bodhidharma

MindYouLookSeeYourUse

I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.

Bob Iger

ReligionPeopleBelieveImmigration

I think we are definitely suffering from an information overload, but I believe that there is going to be better and better ways of organizing that information and processing it so that it will enhance your daily life.

Anne Wojcicki

LifeDailyDaily LifeSufferingWill

When I went up from the youth team to the first team at Internacional, it was a risk - they were almost betting on me making it.

Alisson

MeTeamYouthRiskFirstUp

Obsessed people are not humorless at all.

Philippe Petit

PeopleObsessed

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.

Sylvester Stallone

RestThinkExerciseYouBodyNeeds

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

Pete Seeger

EducationExperienceYouGetFine

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them.

Shaun White

FamilyTogetherBeginningI AmMe

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