W. G. Sebald Quotes

I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.

W. G. Sebald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 18, 1944 - December 14, 2001

Topics

FatherSmallSmall TownGrandfather

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.

Jimmy Smits

FirstSideTheaterMinorThenMajor

I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

Andrew Scott

I AmThinkYouPersonPrivacyActor

Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.

Robert Kurson

GovernmentLookingNobodyPirate

What is dreaming, and what happens, and are there any real benefits to dreaming? Well, to take a step back, I think it's important to note that dreaming essentially is a time when we all become flagrantly psychotic.

Matthew Walker

TimeStepThinkBackImportantReal

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

Matt Gonzalez

YouthSocietyOpportunitiesThink

We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff.

Matt Groening

FunnyMeWritingNewNowWatching

For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together.

Angela Merkel

MarriageTogetherWomanManMe

The Saviour reigned in all their hearts, and they successfully copied the pattern of meekness and gentleness, which he had left them.

John Strachan

LeftGentlenessHeartsPatternHe

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

Shirley MacLaine

LaughPersonWillNeverWhoKnows

Even cooking at home, the difference between my wife cooking and me cooking is major. When my wife cooks, the kitchen looks like a disaster. When I cook it's completely clean and organized and it doesn't look like anyone has been cooking in there.

Tom Colicchio

HomeCookingWifeMeKitchenLook

Art is freedom. If you defend art, you defend freedom.

Rithy Panh

FreedomArtYouDefend

Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words.

Matt Bomer

ImaginationWordsDownMoreHuman

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