Heinrich Boll Quotes

Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.

Heinrich Boll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 21, 1917 - July 16, 1985

Topics

TimeProblemsNothingTrySolutions

Michelle Obama has gone from political skeptic to political partner to a woman with a White House agenda of her own, and an approval rating higher than the president's.

Jodi Kantor

WomanPartnerPoliticalHouseWhite

Compared to other liberal cities like San Francisco and Amsterdam, New Yorkers are always trying to do something, make art or love or money or whatever, and they have this phobia about standing still.

John Cameron Mitchell

LoveArtMoneyTryingNewWhatever

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Robert Smith

LifeBestPersonReflectJustSongs

The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.

Jeb Bush

FreePlaceOthersTakeSuperior

I was a big fan of martial arts movies - Bruce Lee in particular, as cringeworthy as it is. Jean-Claude van Damme was a big inspiration as well - it's a little embarrassing.

Michael Bisping

MoviesInspirationLittleBigArts

I like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.

Stephen J. Dubner

VotingConclusionsOwnBringKids

I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not 'Simone the black swimmer.'

Simone Manuel

DayBlackWantInspirationWould

I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.

Tom Lehrer

MaturityTryingAdolescenceBypass

People come to L.A. because they're chasing that dream of a better life. That's why I came here, because I thought it would be a place where I would find other people like me; people who wanted to write, people who had a dream of being something else. And that proved to be true.

Robert Crais

LifePeopleMeThoughtBetterDream

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

AngerMoreHurtfulUsInjuryThan

It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.

Brother Lawrence

LoveGodMeEnoughGroundUp

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

Arnold J. Toynbee

DogTimeSmallAmericaChairOver

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