Prometheus and Fire – Quote by Heinrich Böll
“Prometheus did not bring fire from heaven so that the sausage grills could make their business.”
Heinrich Böll
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“Language can be the last refuge of freedom” – Heinrich Böll
“Language can be the last refuge of freedom. We know that a conversation, that a secretly passed poem can be more precious than bread, which the insurgents have shouted for in all revolutions.”
Heinrich Böll
“It Is No Art to Be an Honest Man” – Heinrich Böll
“It is no art to be an honest man when you have soup to spoon every day.”
Heinrich Böll
Quote on Literature and Responsibility by Heinrich Böll
“Contemporary literature bears a responsibility for which it is not equipped.”
Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Böll: Quote About Declining Sales and Fear
“The only threat that scares a German is that of declining sales.”
Heinrich Böll
“Humans Are Not Merely to Be Managed” – Heinrich Böll
“It is our task to remind that humans do not exist merely to be managed.”
Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Böll on Disappointment and Responsibility
“We do not sufficiently realize how much disappointment we cause others.”
Heinrich Böll
Voltaire Quote on Infinity and Human Stupidity
“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”
Voltaire
Quote by Voltaire on Doubt and Certainty
“Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.”
Voltaire
Critical Words by Gore Vidal on Public Figures
“Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.”
Gore Vidal