Quotes from Everywhere and Nowhere, on Contradictions, Existence and Nothingness
“Sag mir die Wahrheit frisch und fröhlich, Tell,
Was es auch sei, dein Leben sichr’ ich dir.
Wozu der zweite Pfeil?“
"I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders dependent upon me... and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself slightly killed."
“We make fine bourbon at a profit if we can, at a loss if we must, but always fine bourbon.“
“Et j'aime à croire que le Créateur préfère, de toutes ses créatures, justement celles qui ont su devenir libres.“
“If a song is an excuse to go to the chorus, why wait?“
''You know what kills most ideas, I think, is people desperate to express an opinion.''
''I was born in Beijing, My given name is Puyi, together with my original Manchurian surname, my full name is Aisin-Gioro Puyi. I was Emperor of China in 1909.''
“Er träumte von einer Klarinette, die sich selbst spielte.“
"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."
“I like to have around me people who find ways to do things, not tell me why they can’t be done.“