Germany is an anatomical oddity: it writes with its left hand and acts with its right.

A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates.

The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.

One man's death: that is a catastrophe. A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.

How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped.

Language is a weapon, keep it honed!

My left foot is the wisdom from yesterday, my right foot is the vision of tomorrow and my mind is focused on the work of today and this is how I stand a winner.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

People just don't understand, they aren't your level and they won't get there soon. So move because you will fall from there!

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

It’s so easy to be easy—if you let it.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

I'm sure there are people who think I only do music, people who think I only do theater, and people who think I only do dramatic stuff. I do things that interest me.

For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.

Indeed, there is nothing more arbitrary than intervening as a stranger in a destiny which is not ours.