Bernhard Schlink Quotes

As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers.

Bernhard Schlink

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 6, 1944

Topics

WisdomHopeResponsibilityLawJudge

I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.

Jo Brand

ShoesShoppingFashionHandbags

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Jerome Lawrence

WarWindWritingControlThoughtUs

I'm a serious student of music, a perfectionist in the studio, and I take the arrangement and production of it very seriously, down to the mixing and mastering even. But at the same time I'm having so much fun with it. I try not to take myself so seriously.

Mayer Hawthorne

MusicTimeMyselfFunDownStudent

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

Robert Orben

BlameComputersMoreHumanEvenErr

If you have the wind farms but no transmission, you just have things blowing in the wind.

Matt Mead

WindYouThingsJustTransmission

Tiger Woods did not always win majors with ease; after his narrow victory in the 1999 PGA, he slumped and sighed as if he'd been carrying rocks uphill all afternoon.

John Updike

WinVictoryWoodsTigerRocksBeen

The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.

Robert Fisk

DemocracyNameWellBlendSyria

I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do.

Rufus Sewell

KnowWantAnythingExpectAbleLike

I'm generally so disoriented during the week about what I'm doing and where I am - I travel a lot - that when I'm home on a Sunday, I typically try to sleep in as much as I can.

Mike Birbiglia

HomeTravelSleepI AmDoingWeek

What I love is to create a show and for people to enjoy it and be aware that's what it is: a show.

Michel Hazanavicius

LoveLove IsPeopleEnjoyCreate

Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold.

Joseph Parry

GoldFriendsNew FriendsNewSilver

I am I plus my circumstances.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

LifeI AmCircumstancesPlusAm

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Bernhard Schlink