High German Word

Famous quotes containing the words high, german and/or word:

    A lunatic may be “soothed,”... for a time, but in the end, he is very apt to become obstreperous. His cunning, too, is proverbial, and great.... When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism.
    Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

    Every word she writes is a lie, including “and” and “the.”
    Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)