Kasper Quotes

#1. SheAlmighty had tuned each person in a musical key, and Kasper could hear it. Best in the brief, unguarded moments when people were nearby but didn't yet know he was listening. So he waited by the window, as he was doing now.

Peter Hoeg

#2. I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon. (Kasper Gutman)

Dashiell Hammett

#3. You want me to book flights for this afternoon? Kim asked.

Carolyn Brown

#4. Those who are unprepared to demonstrate tolerance cannot expect or even demand tolerance for themselves.

Walter Kasper

#5. I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15.

Brigitte Bardot

#6. What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

C.L.R. James

#7. Islam in the Arab world coexists with Indonesian, Pakistani and Turkish Islam. There is limited solidarity, even within the Arab world.

Walter Kasper

#8. The fundamental issue, when it comes to Europe's future, will be whether and how we manage to transfer the ideals that once made Europe great - especially its Christian roots - into today's changed world. No one wants to return to the Middle Ages.

Walter Kasper

#9. There is no such thing as one Islam. The Koran is ambiguous and Islam is not a monolithic entity.

Walter Kasper

#10. At least Anne Frank," Comrade Snarky said, "never had to tour with her book ...

Chuck Palahniuk

#11. If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.

Dan Halutz

#12. A Europe that qualifies its own values is not attractive in the eyes of Muslims. Europe must conduct itself as a strong partner, both intellectually and spiritually, and it must be convinced of its own advantages. This is the only way we will gain respect.

Walter Kasper

#13. The distinction between the religious and secular orders is a fundamental aspect of Christianity. This distinction is an innovation compared to Islam and Judaism, and it is an advantage that has helped shape Europe.

Walter Kasper

#14. The distinction between radical Islam and moderate Muslims is important, as are the differences between Sunnis and Shiites, and between militant and mystical Islam.

Walter Kasper

#15. Europe sees itself as a liberal-minded society. It has no desire to be, nor can it be, a Christian club.

Walter Kasper

#16. No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

Bashar Al-Assad

#17. It's so strange; you've never been so clean after playing outside. You even smell clean. How did you stay so clean?"
Colton held his breath. The ladies walked in and Ryuu turned to them, smiling slyly. "Must be magic.

Alanea Alder

#18. Suicide attacks are the actions of losers who have nothing left to lose. In this case, Islam serves as a mask, a cover for desperation and nihilism, but not for religion.

Walter Kasper

#19. The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it was found in reason, which is something that is shared by all of mankind. This was one of the roots of the Enlightenment and its concept of universal human rights.

Walter Kasper

#20. Good man. Never turn down a man's beer, even if it tastes like cold horse piss.

D.A. Graystone

#21. In the heart of Jesus, we recognize that God himself has a heart (cor) for us, who are poor (miseri), in the broadest sense of the word, and that he is, therefore, merciful (misericors).

Walter Kasper

#22. I was always too self-centered and irresponsible to have kids. I know that never stopped many others, but I am a narcissist with a conscience.

Debbie Kasper

#23. The scientific and societal achievements of the modern age are undisputable. But after the French Revolution, modernity increasingly emancipated itself from Christian roots, thereby becoming rootless itself.

Walter Kasper

#24. Only a Europe that is conscious of its own values can be both an economically strong and a morally and intellectually respected partner, and thereby extend its hospitality to others. It's a cultural disgrace that we are forced to identify no-go areas for foreigners.

Walter Kasper

#25. I view Al Jazeera as a very serious journalistic outfit. They have proven to observers around the world that they are serious and objective. They will have to, at a P.R. level, prove to the American public that that is the case. And I think that over time they will succeed at doing that.

Eliot Spitzer

#26. The end of World War I also marked the end of bourgeois culture. An inner emptiness developed that, in the 19th and 20th centuries, paved the way for two ideologies that dragged Europe and the world into an abyss and plunged it into a catastrophe.

Walter Kasper

#27. Bread is a celebration.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper

#28. Islam undoubtedly deserves respect. It has some things in common with Christianity, such as Abraham as a common progenitor, and the belief in only one God.

Walter Kasper

#29. Remember, too, that at a time when people are very concerned with their health and its relationship to what they eat, we have handed over the responsibility for our nourishment to faceless corporations.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper

#30. Islam developed in opposition to orthodox Christianity from the very start, and it considers itself superior to Christianity. So far, it has only been tolerant in places where it is in the minority.

Walter Kasper

#31. Christianity brought something new and revolutionary: freedom and unconditional dignity for each individual, regardless of his religion, culture or nationality. But the East and the West have parted ways since the Crusades.

Walter Kasper

#32. One unanswered question is whether a Euro-Islam that combines Islam with democracy will be possible in the future. We mustn't confuse desire with reality.

Walter Kasper

#33. I can't even picture being without rock 'n'roll.

Hank Ballard

#34. The conflict with Islam has, after all, existed throughout European history.

Walter Kasper