English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Karl Kraus Quotes

Karl Kraus quote: "My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin."

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.

Karl Kraus

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly. Genevieve Gorder
It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact, and devoting all the energies of his life to the cult of truth, not as he understands it, but as he does not yet understand it, that ought properly to be called a philosopher. Charles Sanders Peirce
Though all winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple, who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. John Milton
Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now. Jack Carroll
What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty. Georg C. Lichtenberg
I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far. Mario Lemeiux
I love 'The Office.' I'm in the premiere, and I'm maybe gonna shoot another episode this season, but I've been there since the very beginning, so when I found out this is the last year - I am a good Asian kid who was an A student - I wish I could be there to the end to see things through. Mindy Kaling
Sometimes people are layered like that. There’s something totally different underneath than what’s on the surface." "And sometimes there’s a third even deeper level and that’s the same as the top surface one." "Huh?" "Like with pie. Joss Whedon
Robert Frost quote: "You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable...."
You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference. Robert Frost
Arlen Specter quote: "The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th..."
The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position. Arlen Specter
Robert De Niro quote: "Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it..."
Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait. Robert De Niro
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "The only way to find true happiness is to risk being..."
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. Chuck Palahniuk
Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic. Kristen Stewart
Then I've been drunk, too," admitted Francie."On beer?"No. Last spring, in McCarren's Park, I saw a tulip for the first time in my life. Betty Smith
Rebecca West quote: "the stumbling weighty hostility of bears, the incorporated..."
...the stumbling weighty hostility of bears, the incorporated rapacity of wolves.. Rebecca West