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german-language years awful
A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. Mark Twain
german-language language charmed
How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!
german-language awful toothache
In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language.
german-language years down-and
My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.
german-language giving awful
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.
german-language language organs
The German language is the organ among the languages. Jean Paul
german-language language speak
The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being. Martin Heidegger
german-language bumblebees literature
I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly. John le Carre
german-language littles today
Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. Karl Kraus
bumblebees nicknames matter
Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking." Well, I've given the matter some serious thought." "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way." "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse." "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please. Alexandra Adornetto
literature causes reason
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis
literature stand
Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. Charles Dickens
literature modern society
Literature and Society in the First Modern Period, 321 B.C. - A.D. 235, Joseph Farrell
literature behemoth bigs
I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going. David Mitchell
literature computer internet
The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. Dave Barry
literature stones teeth
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
literature genes type
A gene can be either dominant or recessive, depending on which type of gene it is.
literature enough bigs
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.
literature language speak
Mathematics to me is like a language I don’t speak though I admire its literature in translation. David Quammen