Messersmith Quotes

#1. Messersmith, in a dispatch, observed that even smart, well-traveled Germans will "sit and calmly tell you the most extraordinary fairy tales.

Erik Larson

#2. The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

Walter Ulbricht

#3. The point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources.

John Mortimer

#4. I find that you're drawn to certain stories, and there's something about fairytales that have deep roots. They connect really deeply to you, and those are the stories that I find myself drawn to. I love characters that believe the impossible is possible.

Glen Keane

#5. He was not at the moment in very good odour at Bow Street. Such epithets as Blockhead and Blunderer had been used in connection with his last case. 'Jeremiah Stubbs, miss,' said the Runner. 'I am here in the execution of my dooty.

Georgette Heyer

#6. Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.

John Le Carre

#7. Man wonders but God decides
When to kill the Prince of Tides.

Pat Conroy