High German Word

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

    “Wedding is great Juno’s crown,
    O blessed bond of board and bed!
    ‘Tis Hymen peoples every town,
    High wedlock then be honorèd.
    Honor, high honor, and renown
    To Hymen, god of every town!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do.”
    —Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948)

    “Pike Bishop: He gave his word.
    Dutch: He gave his word to a railroad.
    Pike Bishop: It’s his word.
    Dutch: That ain’t what counts. It’s who you give it to.”
    —Walon Green, U.S. screenwriter, and Sam Peckinpaugh (b. 1925)