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FRANZ FERDINAND Most people hear 'When the Levee Breaks' and they go, 'Well, it's just an homage to the 1927 Mississ...
FRANZ FERDINAND Better
FRANZ FERDINAND The O.C.
FRANZ FERDINAND He would never do just the usual on-the-road burgers and chips.
FRANZ FERDINAND He and I are both big foodies.
FRANZ FERDINAND You Could Have It So Much Better.
FRANZ FERDINAND The rain still hasn't stopped.
FRANZ FERDINAND Sophie dear, Sophie dear, don't die! Stay alive for our children.
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me. It i...
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
FERDINAND FOCH My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture...
FERDINAND MARCOS The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
FERDINAND FOCH Good design should be honest.
FERDINAND PORSCHE If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
FERDINAND PORSCHE A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.
FERDINAND PORSCHE During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
FERDINAND PIECH In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
FERDINAND PIECH If you fire people, you fire customers.
FERDINAND PIECH What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedic...
FERDINAND MOUNT We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique posi...
FERDINAND MOUNT The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that h...
FERDINAND MOUNT Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connect...
FERDINAND MOUNT In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
FERDINAND MOUNT For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because i...
FERDINAND MOUNT America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
FERDINAND MOUNT No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as...
FERDINAND MOUNT I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to me...
FERDINAND MOUNT Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing throug...
FERDINAND MOUNT According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed wit...
FERDINAND MOUNT It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it...
FERDINAND MOUNT A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and indep...
FERDINAND MOUNT Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell ...
FERDINAND MOUNT Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that ...
FERDINAND MOUNT All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective ...
FERDINAND MOUNT We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
FERDINAND MOUNT For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in...
FERDINAND MOUNT One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
FERDINAND MOUNT Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent...
FERDINAND MARCOS I am not afraid to go to jail.
FERDINAND MARCOS The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.
FERDINAND MARCOS To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once ...
FERDINAND MARCOS Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino w...
FERDINAND MARCOS Little boys have amazing minds.
FERDINAND MARCOS The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
FERDINAND MARCOS What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
FERDINAND MARCOS The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not...
FERDINAND MARCOS Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
FERDINAND MARCOS I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how...
FERDINAND MARCOS Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
FERDINAND MARCOS I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?
FERDINAND MARCOS The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate pu...
FERDINAND MARCOS I have been called brave in my time, but brave as I may have been against foreign invaders, I have n...
FERDINAND MARCOS Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody ...
FERDINAND MARCOS There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them...
FERDINAND MARCOS Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone...
FERDINAND MARCOS I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my hon...
FERDINAND MARCOS Once a champion, always a champion.
FERDINAND MARCOS A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
FERDINAND FOCH No study is possible on the battlefield.
FERDINAND FOCH The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
FERDINAND FOCH In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.
FERDINAND FOCH It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
FERDINAND FOCH My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
FERDINAND FOCH A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
FERDINAND BUISSON We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warf...
FERDINAND BUISSON From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.
FERDINAND BUISSON My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.
FERDINAND FOCH The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on t...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN "The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on ...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
FERDINAND I The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the mo...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
FERDINAND FOCH None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
FERDINAND FOCH These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Fil...
FERDINAND MARCOS My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in ...
FERDINAND MARCOS I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.
FERDINAND PORSCHE Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little lo...
FERDINAND MARCOS Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any r...
FERDINAND PORSCHE My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignit...
FERDINAND MARCOS History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then writ...
FERDINAND MARCOS We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
FERDINAND MOUNT I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
FERDINAND PORSCHE The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms conson...
FERDINAND MARCOS America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asia...
FERDINAND MARCOS For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the...
FERDINAND BUISSON There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad gam...
RIO FERDINAND If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's a...
RIO FERDINAND I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
FERDINAND MARCOS In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
FERDINAND MARCOS I am the emperor, and I want dumplings.
FERDINAND I I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to arg...
FERDINAND MARCOS The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.
FERDINAND FOCH A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
FERDINAND FOCH The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and ...
FERDINAND FOCH If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football...
RIO FERDINAND It's not really going to make anyone rich,
FERDINAND MARCOS You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
RIO FERDINAND I would venture to say that if you want to buy dollars, they would be cheapest here because of the v...
FERDINAND MARCOS We only sold a portion because, upon the advice of the World Bank, those carbon credits that we are ...
FERDINAND MARCOS Frankly, if there's money to be made the province would have involved itself.
FERDINAND MARCOS I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionar...
FERDINAND MARCOS I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
FERDINAND MARCOS From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for ...
FERDINAND LASSALLE I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.
RIO FERDINAND Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I hear...
FERDINAND LASSALLE It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela
RIO FERDINAND I had a chat with the manager to get a clear picture about stories in the papers [about being droppe...
RIO FERDINAND I played against him in training every day and he used to elbow me, kick me and head-butt me,
RIO FERDINAND He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
RIO FERDINAND He's a quality player,
RIO FERDINAND I haven't played volleyball in over a year. I miss it but I think it helps. It's better than cross c...
RACHEL FERDINAND They've (Chelsea) been very consistent this season and deserve credit for that. We could have put a ...
RIO FERDINAND Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in tho...
FERDINAND MARCOS I'll be gutted if Roy does go because I would far rather he stayed at Old Trafford,
RIO FERDINAND President Reagan has no enemies in the Phillipines.
FERDINAND MARCOS But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
FERDINAND LASSALLE People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that nig...
RIO FERDINAND hit me like a thunderbolt.
RIO FERDINAND We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all,
RIO FERDINAND The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidenc...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated.
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER It's really an open issue. I feel at the moment, it's 10 to 10 votes.
FERDINAND PIECH Volkswagen has made a strategic decision to expand in the area of heavy commercial vehicles, in line...
FERDINAND PIECH Above the 800 a day threshold we would have to produce the car in Europe. We will reach a decision i...
FERDINAND PIECH I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
FERDINAND PIECH The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is n...
FERDINAND PIECH During my career several people have tried to push me out the door, ... Nobody has succeeded yet.
FERDINAND PIECH I never thought (the crowd) was that huge. When you realize you are not
alone, you grow strong...
FERDINAND MARCOS You even have tourists visiting the site which is great. It would make people more conscious about t...
FERDINAND MARCOS The value of the final few years of life to an 80-year-old means he'll spend whatever it costs for a...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated. Our analysis su...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER I didn't really like it up there (at Winchendon). I didn't like the dorm situation I was in. It was ...
FERDINAND BAILEY That's who I battle every day for a starting spot. Whoever comes to play in practice, that's who's s...
FERDINAND BAILEY He's doing good. He's up to par with his subjects. He tells me he likes it. The only thing is that t...
FERDINAND BAILEY He felt lonely and out of place. In the summer I saw the mood that he was in, he wasn't too happy wi...
FERDINAND BAILEY I know I can't go on forever - how can I forget it when my so-called team-mates keep asking me which...
LES FERDINAND I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.
LES FERDINAND The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character wi...
FRANZ LISZT You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involve...
FRANZ GRILLPARZER Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.
FRANZ KAFKA Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wi...
FRANZ SCHUBERT A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.
FRANZ KAFKA I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's ...
FRANZ GRILLPARZER But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to...
FRANZ KAFKA The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British E...
FRANZ HALDER By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is w...
FRANZ KAFKA One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.
FRANZ KAFKA The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.
FRANZ KAFKA Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it ...
FRANZ KAFKA We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates H...
FRANZ KAFKA There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; a...
FRANZ KAFKA If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?
FRANZ KAFKA When I wished to sing of love it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow it was transf...
FRANZ SCHUBERT Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty...
FRANZ KAFKA In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
FRANZ KAFKA The meaning of life is that it stops.
FRANZ KAFKA Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view,...
FRANZ KAFKA Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
FRANZ WERFEL Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.
FRANZ WERFEL I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out of me than the one I beca...
FRANZ KAFKA Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to...
FRANZ KAFKA Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty...
FRANZ KAFKA I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness.
FRANZ KAFKA Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.
FRANZ KAFKA Si el libro que leemos no nos despierta de un puñetazo en el cráneo, ¿para qué leerlo?… Un lib...
FRANZ KAFKA The limited circle is pure.
FRANZ KAFKA All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fenci...
FRANZ KAFKA I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
FRANZ KAFKA A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
FRANZ KAFKA In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that n...
FRANZ KAFKA It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, o...
FRANZ KAFKA You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do an...
FRANZ KAFKA From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reac...
FRANZ KAFKA My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
FRANZ KAFKA The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
FRANZ GRILLPARZER My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
FRANZ KAFKA Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... The ...
FRANZ KAFKA Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
FRANZ GRILLPARZER For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to ...
DENNIS FRANZ May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air...
FRANZ KAFKA Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
FRANZ KAFKA One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.
FRANZ KAFKA In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and l...
FRANZ KAFKA This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to obser...
FRANZ KAFKA The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are ra...
FRANZ BOAS The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
FRANZ BOAS I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, t...
FRANZ KAFKA There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
FRANZ KAFKA I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. I'll be cleaning out my trailer and ...
DENNIS FRANZ Rugby is a different game. There is an interruption every two minutes also in American football. Our...
FRANZ BECKENBAUER The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.
FRANZ KAFKA Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who c...
FRANZ LISZT Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding sl...
FRANZ BOAS You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, sim...
FRANZ KAFKA There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccent...
FRANZ SCHUBERT Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
FRANZ LISZT Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
FRANZ SCHUBERT I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
FRANZ KAFKA A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
FRANZ KAFKA