#germany

I once asked an old Japanese man why Japan decided to team up with Germany during WWII, and do you know what he told me? Well, you would if you speak Japanese, which I don’t. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#germany #japanese #war #wwii #funny

I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners. ↗

— Edmund Ironside

#germany #history #world-war-ii #world-war-ii

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. ↗

— Franka Potente

#before #book #coming #essays #fitness

Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#defended #done #duty #each #france

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#back #beatles #come #cuz #did

I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war. ↗

— John Motson

#could #germany #i #i think #our

Unanimously we will confess and pledge ourselves to stand behind the Fuehrer and his movement today and forever and thereby to be of service to the idea of eternal Germany. ↗

— Gustav Krupp

#confess #eternal #forever #fuehrer #germany

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#bring #democracy #destroyed #first #germany

I did five movies in Australia, I did three films in Germany, this is the fourth film I've done here in the UK, I've done a bunch of films in Canada. ↗

— Joel Silver

#bunch #canada #did #done #film