Germany is an anatomical oddity: it writes with its left hand and acts with its right.

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped.

Language is a weapon, keep it honed!

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

You should always pay attentionto quality. A coffin, for instance, should laast a lifetime.

A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates.