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This archive is a collection of previous daily quotations in German and English. You can find today's German quotation on our Zitat des Tages page.


April 2001

A sampling of the daily quotations that have appeared on our daily Zitat des Tages Web page.

Note: These quotations have been collected from a variety of sources, including works in print, online and reader contributions. The resulting collection, i.e., the German and the English versions in these archives, may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without the express permission of Hyde Flippo and About.com. Single, individual quotations may be used for non-commercial or classroom purposes with this notice: “From the German Language site at About.com - http://german.about.com.”


Fremd ist der Fremde nur in der Fremde.
A foreigner's only a foreigner in a foreign land.

   - Karl Valentin (Karl Fey, 1882-1948), German humorist


Falls ich in fünf Minuten nicht zurück sein sollte, warten Sie einfach ein bisschen länger.
In case I'm not back in five minutes, just wait a little longer.

   - Filmzitate/Movie Quotes: Ace Ventura


Quäl dich nicht, mein Liebling, überlass das mir.
Don't torture yourself, darling. Leave that to me.

   - Filmzitate/Movie Quotes: Addams Family


Nicht die Kinder bloß speist man
Mit Märchen ab.

It's not just children who are
fed fairy tales.

   - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Nathan der Weise


Du kamst, du gingst mit leiser Spur,
Ein flücht'ger Gast im Erdenland;
Woher? wohin? Wir wissen nur:
Aus Gottes Hand in Gottes Hand.“

You came; you went with faint steps,
A fleeting guest on earth;
From where? To where? We only know:
Out of God's hand into God's hand.

   - Ludwig Uhland: „Auf den Tod eines Kindes“


Weh' dem Lande, wo man nicht mehr singet.
Woe to the land where they sing no more.

   - Johann Gottfried Seume: „Die Gesänge“


Mein Leben, ein Leben ist es kaum,
Ich gehe dahin als wie im Traum.

My life, a life it may but seem,
I pass through as in a dream.

   - Theodor Fontane: „Mein Leben“


Die Anatomie ist das Schicksal.
Anatomy is destiny.

   - Sigmund Freud: „Gesammelte Schriften“


Ein glückliches Paar: Er tut, was sie will -- und sie tut, was sie will.
A happy couple: He does what she wants -- and she does what she wants.

   - Peter Altenberg: „Fechsung“


Es ist zu voll von Milch der Menschenliebe...
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness...

   - Wm. Shakespeare: Macbeth


Gerade weil wir alle im gleichen Boot sitzen, sollten wir heilfroh darüber sein, dass nicht alle auf unserer Seite stehen.
Precisely because we're all sitting in the same boat, we should be very glad that not everyone is standing on our side.

   - Ernst Ferstl (1955- ), Austrian teacher and aphorist


Zehn Ziegen zogen zehn Zentner Zucker zum Zoo.
Ten goats pulled ten pounds of sugar to the zoo.

   - deutscher Zungenbrecher/German tongue twister


Na du. Wie siehst du denn aus... Bist gerannt? Keine Sorge, ist alles in Ordnung.
Hey, you. Just look at you... Been running? Don't worry, everything's okay.

   - Manni zu Lola am Ende von Lola rennt


In der Politik ist es wie in einem Konzert: ungeübte Ohren halten schon das Stimmen der Instrumente für Musik.
In politics it is like at a concert: untrained ears take the tuning of the instruments for music.
   - Amintore Fanfani (1908- ), Italian politician


Lola braucht für Manni hunderttausend Mark...
Tom braucht für Lola drei Millionen.

Lola needs a hundred thousand marks for Manni...
Tom needs three million for Lola.

   - Tom Tykwer, director of Lola rennt


Je weniger die Leute davon wissen, wie Würste und Gesetze gemacht werden, desto besser schlafen sie.
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep.

   - Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)


Das Volk der Dichter und Denker.
The nation of poets and thinkers. (Germany)

   - Karl Musäus


Die Frau ist bestenfalls ein Widerspruch.
Woman's at best a contradiction still.

   - Alexander Pope


Note: These quotations have been collected from a variety of sources, including works in print, online and reader contributions. The resulting collection, i.e., the German and the English versions in these archives, may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without the express permission of Hyde Flippo and About.com. Single, individual quotations may be used for non-commercial or classroom purposes with this notice: “From the German Language site at About.com - http://german.about.com.”


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