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Look Who's Back QUOTES

1 " What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France. Particularly since the vast majority of them, in spite of rising so appallingly early, have performed anything but great deeds. In Berlin I have time and again met people who make no secret of the fact that their only reason for stirring at such an ungodly hour of the morning is so that they can leave the office earlier in the afternoon. I have suggested to several of these eight-hour logicians that they ought to start work at ten o'clock at night, thereby allowing them to leave at six in the morning and perhaps even arrive home before it is time to get up. Some even took this for a serious suggestion. In my opinion, only bakers need to work early in the morning. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

2 " You can forget Stalin,” he said, pledging his allegiance. “We’re not the History Channel. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

3 " One must undertake everything with utter, fanatical determination. Or one will get nowhere. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

4 " But with superior morale, with an unwavering, fanatical spirit, everything is possible! "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

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

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

6 " How many more bombs would we have to drop on their cities before they realized that we were friends? "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

7 " What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

8 " Germans today keep their waste more thoroughly separated than their races. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

9 " He looked confused. “With your girlfriend, I mean. Who was to blame?”
“I don’t know,” I said. “Ultimately Churchill, I expect. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

10 " A large number of people had already gathered in the city centre to demonstrate against the government. Seemingly it had occurred to no-one to opt for the most obvious solution – stormtroopers. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

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

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

12 " We all know, of course, what to make of our newspapers. The deaf man writes down what the blind man has told him, the village idiot edits it, and their colleagues in the other press houses copy it. Each story is doused afresh with the same stagnant infusion of lies, so that the “splendid” brew can then be served up to a clueless Volk. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

13 " Aber man weiß ja, was man von unseren Zeitungen zu halten hat. Da notiert der Schwerhörige, was ihm der Blinde berichtet, der Dorftrottel korrigiert es, und die Kollegen in den anderen Pressehäusern schreiben es ab. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

14 " 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 , Look Who's Back

15 " 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 , Look Who's Back

16 " In Berlin I have time and again met people who make no secret of the fact that their only reason for stirring at such an ungodly hour of the morning is so that they can leave the office earlier in the afternoon. I have suggested to several of these eight-hour logicians that they ought to start work at ten o’clock at night, thereby allowing them to leave at six in the morning and perhaps even arrive home before it is time to get up. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

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

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

18 " And oh, how a warrior drunk on victory can enchant a young woman. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back

19 " And as for appearing in swimming trunks—well, that is the most preposterous thing imaginable. You couldn’t dissuade Mussolini from doing it. And more recently that suspect Russian leader has been doing it too. An interesting fellow, no question, but as far as I am concerned it is a foregone conclusion: 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 , Look Who's Back

20 " Os erros não existem para serem lamentados mas sim para não serem repetidos. "

― Timur Vermes , Look Who's Back