Vermes Quotes

#1. And oh, how a warrior drunk on victory can enchant a young woman.

Timur Vermes

#2. I had preached again and again that one must never finish off the east for good, that a certain element of conflict must always remain, that a healthy Volk needs a war every twenty five years for the renewal of its blood.

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#3. The telephone, it struck me at that moment, is the wrong means of communication for people without ears.

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#4. And stop smoking," I yelled after him. "You smell like cheap ham!

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#5. The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story.

Geza Vermes

#6. choose to watch trash like this? Untermenschen,

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#7. Someone with whom I was unacquainted had turned to me with a military problem, and as I was currently without a state to govern I decided to lend my comrade my support. Thus I spent the following three and a half hours engaged in a naval exercise by the name of "Minesweeper.

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#8. What kinds of truths were being hidden? Were there lying turnips? Were there lying leeks?

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#9. As always when people are overtaxed creatively, they come up with the most dubious suggestions.

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#10. He looked confused. "With your girlfriend, I mean. Who was to blame?"
"I don't know," I said. "Ultimately Churchill, I expect.

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#11. One must undertake everything with utter, fanatical determination. Or one will get nowhere.

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#12. Such people never focus on their own goal, they always elect to pursue the goal which promises the most rapid success, and yet fail to recognise that this success will never be their own.

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#13. Germans today keep their waste more thoroughly separated than their races.

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#14. Great art must not be sullied by politics. One would never, after all, seek to embellish the Mona Lisa, not even with a swastika.

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#15. the moment a politician removes his shirt, his policies are dead in the water. All he will say is, "Look, my dear fellow countrymen, I have made the most extraordinary discovery: my policies look better without a shirt on.

Timur Vermes

#16. One never knows when and why such people start talking; frequently they only open their mouths because they realize they haven't said anything yet, or because they're worried that if they continue to remain silent they will be regarded as insignificant.

Timur Vermes

#17. The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews.

Geza Vermes

#18. If one had to single out the most revolutionary novelty furnished by Qumran, its contribution to our understanding of the genesis of Jewish literary compositions could justifiably be our primary choice.

Geza Vermes

#19. You can forget Stalin," he said, pledging his allegiance. "We're not the History Channel.

Timur Vermes

#20. It came as no surprise to learn of the success the Swede has recently enjoyed with his furniture. In that rotten state of his the Swede is permanently on the lookout for firewood, so it is no wonder that from time to time this might result in the odd table or chair.

Timur Vermes

#21. Hitler Youth Ronaldo! Which way to the street?

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#22. But with superior morale, with an unwavering, fanatical spirit, everything is possible!

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#23. Wherever there is a large motorway enabling the transport of ton after ton of German goods, you will inevitably find a sweet little rabbit trembling by the roadside.

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#24. If you permit all and sundry to join your club then membership ceases to be anything special. Then anybody seeking to gain advantage has to start a new club within the club.

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#25. One must choose the apposite moment to crush one's political opponent. Not when he has nothing to say. But when he is attempting to say something.

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#26. Had I known back then just how cheap it was to employ Poles, I might as well have leapfrogged their country.

Timur Vermes

#27. An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost core of spiritual truth.

Geza Vermes

#28. In the ideal state a leader ensures that each man is effective in just the right capacity.

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#29. Silence is often underestimated

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#30. To begin with I thought we were driving around in circles until I realised that Herr Starbuck owned dozens of coffee houses.

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#31. In your heart of hearts, I believe all of you around this table know what this country needs.

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