Austria Quotes

• I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria.

  Mario Batali

  Pockets, Spain, Morocco

  "The Traditions of the Table". Interview with Bruce Cole, www.neh.gov. January, 2004.

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• The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany.

  Arthur Seyss-Inquart

  Party, Germany, Pumpkin

  Speech in Berlin on April 07, 1938. "Trial of the Germans". Book by Eugene Davidson, 1966.

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• I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Children, Father, Fire

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• Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?

  Theodore Bikel

  Country, Art, Pride

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• The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

  Emily Greene Balch

  Japan, Germany, Roles

  Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

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• I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade.

  Howard Coble

  Play, Drug, Roles

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• I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful.

  Nicolas Cage

  Beautiful, Sacred, Forests

  "Nicolas Cage Exclusive Interview SEASON OF THE WITCH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 3, 2011.

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• I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy... and then I did Spain and France by myself.

  Michael Fassbender

  Dad, Phones, Europe

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• My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Dream, Growing Up, Motivation

  "Schwarzenegger: No country more welcoming than the USA". Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2004.

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• Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.

  Scott Westerfeld

  War, Lucky

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath”, p.1268, Simon and Schuster

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• In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.

  Mark Twain

  Writing, Editors, Charm

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.7777, Delphi Classics

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• While other nations do battle, you lucky Austria, you wed.

  Maria Theresa

  Battle, Lucky, Nations

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• The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Years, House, Independence

  Lajos Kossuth (1853). “Select speeches, condensed and abridged by F.W. Newman”, p.12

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• Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Writing, Who I Am, Land

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• It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.

  Mark Twain

  Spiritual, Book, Taken

  Mark Twain (2015). “The Mysterious Stranger”, Mark Twain

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• The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.

  Karl Donitz

  Men, Mountain, Doe

  Said to Leon Goldensohn, March 3, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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• I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Vacation, My Family, Poor

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• After the war, the Austrians just denied their role in it all. They didn't teach it in school. But since 1990 they have openly acknowledged their role in the Holocaust and I feel more comfortable in Austria. I feel a sort of reconciliation.

  Eric Kandel

  War, School, Holocaust

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Grieving, Needs, May

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• I've always wanted to go to Austria.

  Laura Benanti

  Wanted

  "Laura Benanti used to tell kids she was an Indian princess". Interview with Alex McLevy, tv.avclub.com. February 22, 2016.

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• Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.

  Karl Kraus

  Freedom, Cells, Movement

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

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• I was really a big fan of Loveless. At [the time it came out], I made music that was not too far away from [what they were doing], but we were stuck in Austria. There was no way to get attention from the outside world. Maybe it's a generational thing.

  Christian Fennesz

  Fans, Attention, World

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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• I have on the one hand a hatred and on the other a yearning for Vienna. I left when I was nine years old because I was Jewish. And even before 1938, the anti-Semitism in Austria was probably deeper than it was in Germany or in other European countries.

  Eric Kandel

  Country, Hands, Years

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Who could deny that our Austria is richer than any other country? As the saying goes: "We have money like manure.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Country, Wealth, Deny

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